from Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star,
With scoring up and equipment smaller, it was goaltending that dominated the season’s first meeting of NHL general managers.
They talked about embellishment, coach’s challenges and video review, but the league looks as if it’s going to stay the course with no major rule changes expected on any front.
“The big takeaway today is, we’re concerned about the goalies. We addressed a lot of their concerns. They’re important to their team,” said Colin Campbell, NHL director of hockey operations.
But the goalies — some of whom have been complaining about bruises since equipment was made smaller — might not like the league’s response to their complaints.
“There are forwards and there are defencemen that get bruises when they get hit with 100-mile-an-hour shots,” said Campbell. “We brought that to the GMs’ attention. They had no concern with it. We did address the fact we’re not going to tolerate goalies not being happy with calls. We’re getting a few goalies banging their sticks.”
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