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Items Of Discussion At The GM Meetings Today

03/04/2019 at 9:30am EST

from Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic,

Change how penalties are awarded in three-on-three overtime: This is an agenda item that has been kicked around in the past but I sense more and more momentum on it. The idea is that a 4-on-3 power play is so much more dangerous than a standard 5-on-4 and so perhaps penalties in overtime should be cut down to one minute. Or perhaps certain types of penalties? Maybe puck over glass is just a minute but a roughing call is the full two? Discuss.

Change the “ROW’’ tiebreaker to the “RW’’ tiebreaker in the standings: A GM tabled this one and I like it. The idea with ROW was that it devalued shootout wins for determining a team’s spot in the standings via the tiebreaker. But now this GM in question is arguing that we should devalue the three-on-three OT win for the same purpose. I whole-heartedly agree. Regulation wins are king, they represent the true merit of a team’s value. I sense the league isn’t too keen on this change so it will be interesting if anything comes of it. Probably nothing.

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added 9:44am, from Frank Servalli of TSN,

Here are 10 potential tweaks on the GM’s agenda this week, some of which may gain traction, and others that are little more than blue-sky ideas:

Clocks in the corner boards: The Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings played an exhibition game this year with clocks placed in the corner boards. The response from coaches seemed to be positive. They could prevent players from having to look up. The questions now: How many to implement (two or four?) and how to not obstruct dasher advertising?

Roster/cap status of suspended players: When Tom Wilson was suspended for 14 games in October the Capitals received relief from Wilson’s roster spot and were able to list him as non-roster, but the team was forced to carry his salary cap hit. One proposed idea is to treat lengthy suspensions (at least 10 games) with the same roster and cap benefit of long-term injured reserve (LTIR) players. Some GMs may be opposed to this because it removes the punishment from the team.

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