Updated: Dec 10, 2004, 3:41 PM

Vote: Fixing the rules


We asked you how you'd structure the ideal professional hockey league, and now it's time to figure out how to put the best product on the ice.

Does the game need some rule changes? Is it time to get rid of fighting? Or is the instigator rule the problem? And should hockey return to traditional ports of call like Winnipeg and Quebec, or branch out to new markets like Seattle and Las Vegas?

And oh yeah, one more thing, how are you going to finance all this?

Using the standard rules of typical professional hockey leagues, which rules changes would you make? (check as many that apply)

  • Ban fighting
  • Eliminate the instigator rule
  • Use tag-up offsides
  • Use automatic icing
  • Use bigger nets
  • Move the nets back two feet
  • Restrict where goalies can handle the puck behind the net
  • Restrict size of goalie pads
  • Olympic size ice (100 x200)
  • Shootout to decide games
  • Helmets optional
  • Reduce roster size
  • Make teams serve the full two minutes of a power play
  • Reduce the size of the roster
  • Use four quarters instead of three periods

Which of these cities would you place a team in, if any? (check as many that apply)

  • Hamilton, Ontario
  • Houston
  • Kansas City
  • Las Vegas
  • Oklahoma City
  • Portland, Ore.
  • Quebec City
  • Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  • Seattle
  • Winnipeg, Manitoba

Which financial vehicles would you implement? (check as many that apply)

  • Revenue sharing
  • Luxury tax
  • Salary cap
  • Single entity (league-owned teams with multiple investors)
  • On-site lottery/gambling

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