GMs decide to keep trapezoid area

Today during the GM meetings in Toronto it was voted upon to keep the trapezoid area so goalies still have the area behind the net where they can and can’t control the puck.

The first day of meetings didn’t produce many fireworks — although the group decided not to recommend a change to the trapezoid rule that limits where goalies can play the puck behind their net.

The merits of potentially eliminating it were discussed, but didn’t gain much momentum. The trapezoid rule was introduced as part of a package of changes coming out of the NHL lockout and San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson thought it was time to take a closer look at it.

However, he wasn’t upset that his colleagues chose to leave it in the rulebook.

“I don’t think there’s a great appetite to change it,” said Wilson. “And I don’t mind that because you’ve got to be conscious that when you change one thing, it could impact two or three other things. We put it on the agenda, we’d asked to talk about it, just to really spur thought.”

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