Prepare For The NHL Brainstorm

Courtesy of some of the new guys on the block at The Battle of Alberta. Lots of great hockey talk starts here, then goes here, here and here.

Here's one prediction from Ginna Dowler:

I think that zero tolerance will fail, as it has so many times before. Scoring will not increase substantially, and coaches will find it difficult if not impossible to wean themselves from clutch-and-grab hockey. It feels a bit like the old Lucy bit. "This year we're cracking down. We mean it. Really. We're getting tough. Watch out...." And then the big cave. I thinking by Christmas.

I don't know whether Ginna is right or not, but it's clear that a crackdown on obstruction is the most important aspect of the new NHL. Failure here may forsage failure everywhere else.

UPDATE: Here's Terry Frei from his Monday morning column:

If the anti-obstruction standards hold, the speedy Ottawa Senators - with Dominik Hasek in the net - will win the Stanley Cup. If the anti-obstruction standards don't hold, nobody should care who wins the Stanley Cup.

Bingo.

Eric 12:49 PM

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