December 13th, 2004

More Than Just A Line Change

While we're all waiting for the owners to respond with a counter-offer to the NHLPA's dramatic offer of a 24 percent salary rollback, ESPN.com is asking its readers what chages they'd like to see in the NHL.

Click here for the poll on how to re-organize the league, and click here for the poll on how to change the on-ice product. Finally, click here for the SportsNation free for all.

Here are some of the results from one of the polls:

Using the standard rules of typical professional hockey leagues, which rules changes would you make? (check as many that apply)

69.8% Restrict size of goalie pads

63.4% Use tag-up offsides

56.9% Eliminate the instigator rule

49.4% Olympic size ice (100 x200)

45.6% Use automatic icing

43.0% Shootout to decide games

30.2% Make teams serve the full two minutes of a power play

Something tells me Martin Brodeur won't like that. Again, click here for that full poll, which offers a lot of other options.

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