Tax-adjusted salary cap? Single game playoff tie-breakers? NHL Rules Court returns
Welcome back to Rules Court, where things will look a little different this time around.
Without digging into the details, we had to make the difficult decision to fire one of our long-serving judges because he knows what he did. That opens a spot for Shayna Goldman to join holdovers Sean Gentille and Sean McIndoe. Welcome, Shayna, and we hope you realize what you’ve signed up for.
The rest of the gimmick hasn’t changed. You send in your proposals for changes to the NHL rulebook, CBA or whatever else. The three of us consider your argument and cast our vote. Convince at least two of us, and your new rule becomes reality, just as soon as Gary Bettman gets back to us.
We have eight cases on the docket this time. Let’s see how many can make the grade.
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