How would you feel about game limits on goalies in the NHL?
A friend οf mine plays fοr Lada-Togliatta іn thе KHL. Thе goalies thеrе аrе οnlу allowed tο play іn 35 games, аbουt half οf thе season, Wіth thе NHL always tiresome tο gеt goal scoring up, wουld уου support thе limits іn order tο gеt thе best players οff thе ice, thе goalies, аnd thеіr backups іn a bit more tο allow thе ѕο called skill players a chance tο score more goals?
Please don’t give Bettman any more thoughts. With the salaries being paid out now, teams will try to get there money’s worth out of their goalies. Plus being able to jack up prices on playoff tickets and merchandise is an incentive for teams not to want it. Just my two cents, or 10 cents in the playoffs.
In that case, we should have limits on how many games that everyone should play. If Evgeni Nabokov can only play half the games, then Alex Ovechkin can only play half the games.
I reckon it is a terrible thought. Fantastic goaltending is also a skill, albeit an under appreciated skill at this point in time.
EDIT: The more I reckon about this, the more I cannot get over the fact that it sounds like Small League baseball. The bottom line, this is the highest caliber of hockey in the world. You cannot place restrictions on games played or ice time for players.
That will never happen, so I won’t bother forming an opinion on the matter.
it stinks! y would goalies have to have game limits? its not like they play day after day after day like baseball, games are stretched out more.
honestly that’s one of the dumbest thoughts i’ve ever heard in my life. I am speechless aptly now what moron ever thought of that anyway???????