if we are being serious on this, the rule that should be changed for player safety is the 2 line pass rule. This would result in slower build up and breakout plays, thus slowing down the game a bit. The slower pace will not be accepeted so this would never happen, hwoever if we did decide to go through with this a likley end result would be fewer hard hitting collisions in the neutral zone which would likley result in fewer head injuries long term. it also would increase the value to some degree on small area playmaking from defensmen and wingers which would be a very interesting trade off. we might actually see other people win best defensive forwards and defensmen awards in the pros if we had these rules as skillsets that dont translate as well to a smaller are playstyle would likely be exposed. bring back the two line pass for the love of teh game.