Elliotte Friedman reveals NHL players want this certain aspect removed from the game

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Hunter Bowman
August 26, 2024 (6:11 PM)

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NHL insider Elliotte Friedman has reveled that a few players of the NHL want a certain aspect of the game to officially be removed.

According to Friedman on his most recent �32 Thoughts' segment on Sportsnet, there's a part of the game some players would like to be changed and removed, that being the Shootout.

Those active players being Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Tomas Hertl and David Pastrnak. However Pastrnak just wants to see the rule changed to allow players game winning shootout goals count for their stats, instead of removing the shootout.

»Tried to ask every player if there's one thing they'd want to change about the NHL.
Several, especially the younger ones, basically said, "What do I have to complain about? I'm living my dream, and making good money." Two goalies - Sam Ersson and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen - said they d get rid of the shootout. (Tomas Hertl liked that, too.) If the shootout stays, Pastrnak said the game-winning goal should count to a scorer's individual total as is done in Europe. Hischier likes more European games. Aho and Nino Niederreiter wanted a return to one-versus-eight playoff seeding in each conference.»

If more and more players support this idea, it could result in the National Hockey League in making some changes further down the line.