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Wrapping Up The GM Meetings

03/20/2013 at 7:06pm EDT

from the CP at CBC,

NHL GMs discussed reducing the size of goalie equipment and increasing video review Wednesday, while both the league and NHL Players' Association sounded a desire to grandfather in mandatory visors.

"Every little piece of goaltender equipment is now a project for a goalie to get bigger," said Colin Campbell, the NHL's vice-president of hockey operations.

Campbell said the instructions to Kay Whitmore, the NHL's goalie guru, are "Do what you have to do within reason to make sure they're still protected to reduce the stopping area."

Current rules allows goalie pads to go 55 per cent of the way between your knee and your pelvis, says Whitmore.

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