Option 2:

I would change the rule(s) relating to the penalty shot. As it stands, if you are on a near breakaway and slashed or tripped, you (specifically you the one on the breakaway) get a penalty shot instead of a two-minute power play for the team. Currently, I think that this rule is not punishing enough to the team committing the penalty. Instead, I would change the penalty shot to allow the team that is taking the shot to choose which player gets to take the shot. This would allow for one of the most skilled players to show off their moves, which is exciting for fans as well as potentially punishing the offending team. Furthermore, I would make it so if the penalty shot is saved, there would still be a 1 minute (or half of whatever the penalty amount would be) powerplay for the team that was aggrieved by the penalty. This I believe would be sufficiently penalizing to the offending team as goalies have gotten better in recent eras of hockey so it seems as though defenders are more willing to slash or trip players on a rush.