I agree to some level, but I feel that with some of the rule changes to make the game faster and a higher scoring, they sacraficed too much and it is not what hockey is. Hockey needs to have some of it's physical prowess back. I am not saying that it has to go back to the 70's where you just fought and that was the game. but I think there needs to be more physical play involved to keep some of the roots of the game intact. To me seeing a player get a penalty for barely putting his hands on another player to "slow" him down is ruining the sport. I know we don't want the trap implemented back in the game because it made it boring(even though it worked great, Go DEVILS!!!) I understand that in order for it to survive in the North American market it needs to be able to compete with the flashyness of basketball and football.
