The NHL has begun testing potential new rules at their research and development camp, which is being held at the Mastercard Centre in Ontario.
What follows is the list of rules being tested and a brief explanation where applicable.
Hybrid icing
For years, many have been calling for no touch icing (Don Cherry and myself included). The NHL is not ready to make that leap as of yet, so what we have instead is hybrid icing. This rule would allow the linesman to call icing if he feels that the defender will clearly reach the puck first. It's a step in the right direction, but really, there is no reason that no touch icing should not be written into the rulebook.
No line change for team committing offsides
Possibly opens up some scoring against the team which was offsides, due to fatigue. This one is questionable. I can see it on intentional offsides, but not every offsides call is intentional.
Crease reset rule
This one has potential, but it is also a perception call. If the attacking player is in the crease or if the attacking player pr ...
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NHL Testing Potential New Rules at Research and Development Camp
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