Rules Changes?

[Trotsky]

Any season in which the Mets have the DH or Cornell has one point ot losses is not real.

[Dafatone]

Any season in which the Mets have the DH or Cornell has one point ot losses is not real.

On one hand, the Mets are well-built for the DH, with Cano, Davis, and Smith all being better bats than they are gloves. Well, Cano isn't much of anything, but maybe the rest that comes with being a DH will help.

On the other hand, the Mets have the best-hitting pitchers in baseball.

Also the DH sucks.

[Trotsky]

Mark Bomback 8:36

For what shall it profit a team if they gain the National League East and lose their soul?

[Dafatone]

Mark Bomback 8:36

For what shall it profit a team if they gain the National League East and lose their soul?

Lord save me from more Braves division championships.

[mas1969]

Jesus fuck.  Just have a wet t-shirt contest.  My money's on Mike.

3 on 3 is entertaining. Like, I'd watch some sort of 3 on 3 hockey league.

As an OT tiebreaker, you might as well flip a coin. At the very least, they better implement some sort of point situation where an OT loser gets a point, because it's a shame to lose in OT on something as random as 3 on 3.

In Europe (and internationally) they have a zero-sum point system where a regulation winner gets 3 points (and the loser 0), while a winner in OT or a shootout gets 2 points (and the loser gets 1).  The OT is 3-on-3; I went to one game which went to OT, and it was entertaining/exciting, but I still really don't see the point, although I guess I'd rather have it decided in an OT with weird rules than a shootout.  But the current (soon to be former) college system still seems best: full marks for winning under the standard rules in OT, and a tie if no one pulls it off.

I would also be more comfortable with giving a point for losing in OT if it didn't count the same as losing a shootout.  Like make the points 5-0 for regulation, 4-1 for OT, and 3-2 for a shootout.

I'd definitely prefer to leave it as it is. I totally agree that every game should have the same value.  I hate that in the NHL an overtime win and and overtime loss give a team more points than a regulation win and loss.  As a fan of the Blackhawks, Islanders and any team with a Cornellian, I watch a lot of games without those teams and root for the game not to go into overtime, so only 2 points are awarded.  With a 3-2-1-0 system, at least a 3 on 3 or shootout win would only be equivalent to 1 1/3 points out of 2 and the loss equivalent to 2/3 of a point out of 2.
Strangely, of the 12 members of the rules committee, which includes men's and women's hockey and D-1 through D-3, 3 of the members come from the ECAC (Dartmouth, Yale and Quinnipiac).
http://web1.ncaa.org/committees/committees_roster.jsp?CommitteeName=IHRULES

I think they should give both teams two points.  After all, didn't participation trophies make things more fair?

[billhoward]

So much thought and comment expended for a season that may not come to pass. Still more interesting than talking baseball in the off-season.

[abmarks]

It's official; 3 on 3 and shootouts.   Spinorama is verboten though.

The one change I do like though is the ability to pick which face off dot you want to take the draw in after the other team ices it.


https://www.uscho.com/2020/07/22/ncaa-approves-rule-changes-for-2020-21-hockey-season-pertaining-to-overtime-faceoffs-postgame-handshakes/

[Beeeej]

It's official; 3 on 3 and shootouts.   Spinorama is verboten though.

The one change I do like though is the ability to pick which face off dot you want to take the draw in after the other team ices it.


https://www.uscho.com/2020/07/22/ncaa-approves-rule-changes-for-2020-21-hockey-season-pertaining-to-overtime-faceoffs-postgame-handshakes/

Ugh... 3-on-3 to decide a game is moronic.

And who the hell complained about the requirement to shake hands after a game (or multi-game playoff series)? If all the other rules are fine to impose nationally, why not that one?

[Trotsky]

It's official; 3 on 3 and shootouts.

https://www.madcoversite.com/missing_night.html

[The Rancor]

I dislike the 3 on 3 and shootout for regular season non-tournament games, and hand shaking and good sportsmanship is one of the parts of hockey that makes it so great. beat the hell out of each other for 60 minutes, shake like civilized people after that.

[Swampy]

It's official; 3 on 3 and shootouts.   Spinorama is verboten though.

The one change I do like though is the ability to pick which face off dot you want to take the draw in after the other team ices it.


https://www.uscho.com/2020/07/22/ncaa-approves-rule-changes-for-2020-21-hockey-season-pertaining-to-overtime-faceoffs-postgame-handshakes/

Ugh... 3-on-3 to decide a game is moronic.

And who the hell complained about the requirement to shake hands after a game (or multi-game playoff series)? If all the other rules are fine to impose nationally, why not that one?

Can't they just keep their gloves on when they shake and then have the gloves sprayed with disinfectant as they leave the ice?

[marty]

It's official; 3 on 3 and shootouts.   Spinorama is verboten though.

The one change I do like though is the ability to pick which face off dot you want to take the draw in after the other team ices it.


https://www.uscho.com/2020/07/22/ncaa-approves-rule-changes-for-2020-21-hockey-season-pertaining-to-overtime-faceoffs-postgame-handshakes/

Ugh... 3-on-3 to decide a game is moronic.

And who the hell complained about the requirement to shake hands after a game (or multi-game playoff series)? If all the other rules are fine to impose nationally, why not that one?

Can't they just keep their gloves on when they shake and then have the gloves sprayed with disinfectant as they leave the ice?

In the 3 on 3 do the players have to take their shots 6 feet from the crease?

[Trotsky]

I'm going to side with TPTB just once: the handshake can go away until this is over.

But of course the risk afforded by the handshake is EXACTLY why they shouldn't be playing at all.

The lawsuit it going to be interesting when one of these guys gets really sick.

[Trotsky]

In the 3 on 3 do the players have to take their shots 6 feet from the crease?

6 foot separation when throwing checks.

Manderville could have finally broken through to the net...

[abmarks]

It's official; 3 on 3 and shootouts.   Spinorama is verboten though.

The one change I do like though is the ability to pick which face off dot you want to take the draw in after the other team ices it.


https://www.uscho.com/2020/07/22/ncaa-approves-rule-changes-for-2020-21-hockey-season-pertaining-to-overtime-faceoffs-postgame-handshakes/

Ugh... 3-on-3 to decide a game is moronic.

And who the hell complained about the requirement to shake hands after a game (or multi-game playoff series)? If all the other rules are fine to impose nationally, why not that one?

Can't they just keep their gloves on when they shake and then have the gloves sprayed with disinfectant as they leave the ice?

FFS people- reading comprehension? (Or actually reading source material in the first place?)

As well, the Men's and Women's Ice Hockey Rules Committee voted to remove the rule that required team members to shake hands after a game. Committee members think it is best for conferences or schools to decide postgame sportsmanship protocols rather than for a national rule to establish the only postgame sportsmanship protocol.