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The NHL General Managers Meet On Tuesday

11/09/2015 at 1:12pm EST

from Stephen Whyno of the CP at the Globe and Mail,

NHL general managers are expected to review rule changes and discuss the controversial coach and executive compensation policy at their annual November meeting on Tuesday.

For the first time, the league has three-on-three play in overtime and coach’s challenges for goaltender interference and offside plays. Deputy commissioner Bill Daly doesn’t expect any potential changes to those rules to take place right away.

“These rules are the way they’re going to be at least for the balance of the season,” Daly said Monday. “I don’t think there’s been any unintended consequences for the rules. And I think they’ve operated as we’ve expected they’d operate.”

A year ago at this meeting, GMs got rid of the dry scrape of the ice surface before overtime, which was designed to create more offence in overtime and cut down on shootouts. As Ken Holland of the Detroit Red Wings put it, the dry scrape turned out to be a “buzz kill” that stopped the momentum of games, so it was removed almost immediately.

Three-on-three overtime isn’t going anywhere as it has been incredibly successful in cutting down on the number of shootouts. Of 42 games that went to overtime through Sunday, 29 were decided before the shootout, good for 69 per cent.

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