Guest fansince1975 Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 The league keeps talking about more scoring. There are more penalty shots today then 20 years years ago. However a large portion of the penalty shots are stopped by the goalie. Why not then give the team a 2 minute powerplay if the player did not score? Right now it is possible that a team could on purpose put there hand on the puck in the crease, knock the net off on purpose or pull down a player with better then 50% chance the goalie will stop the penalty shot. It does not seem fair that the team not only does not get the goal against for a serious infraction but is further hurt by not being able to pressure the other team for 2 minutes. Otherwise the team should have the option to take a 2 minute penalty instead of the penalty shot. The benefits of the 2 minute penalty might be greater and the negative of not scoring on the penalty shot are not felt by the team not scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest King-Carey-31 Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 That would have been a nice rule when Hammer got his Penalty shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest privateserver Posted March 23, 2008 Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 No, less scoring = more intense game Ovechkin got 60 goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HabSuperStar Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 privateserver is right... I think the rule is good as it is right now... Ovechkin managed to get 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmash Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I'm not sure if they should get both, but I am 100% for letting the team choose one or the other when it was a breakaway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roy_133 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 I'm not sure if they should get both, but I am 100% for letting the team choose one or the other when it was a breakaway. I agree a team should get a choice if it was a breakaway. For example, say there was 2 minutes left in a game, and the Habs are up by 1, Steve Begin gets a breakaway, is hauled down going in, it would be better for the Habs to take the PP there, and end the game up a man, then to have Begin take the penalty shot, which if the opposition goalie stops give their team momentum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest QbGamer Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 0 % chance of this happeningSorry I agree wih the choice, but both.No way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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