Meeting of the minds

With the GM's of the NHL convening in one place to discuss various topics and potential rule changes this week, there have been a lot of ideas thrown out. Through some creative bugging of the location, we've managed to catch some ideas that didn't quite make it. Read all about them after the jump.

1) Fan allocation
With the report that the Coyotes are doing better than expected, but will still lose $20 million, this was proposed by their GM, Don Maloney. This program will work by teams with fan deficiencies trading players in exchange for X amount of fans. Maloney was promptly told to "Sit down and shut up"

2) Move a team to Hamilton
Originally thought to be an assistant GM, it turns out somehow Jim Balsille somehow got into the meeting. He was promptly thrown out.

3) If a team has a certifiable superstar, automatic playoff birth
This has been popularly proposed in past meetings by Don Waddell. This year, Garth Snow brought it up, claiming John Tavares is "Almost there." Waddell jumped on Snow and began beating him mercilessly, leading both to stand a corner for five minutes.

4) Dismantle the Penguins, add Washington to the Atlantic, and divvy the Penguins amongst the division
Proposed by Mike McPhee, Paul Holmgren and Glen Sather quickly jumped on board (Garth Snow was still in timeout). Ray Shero then clotheslined all three.

5) Goalie Trade-in
Joe Nieuwendyk brought this to the table. The general theory was that goaltenders who couldn't compete anymore could be exchanged with any team's clearly defined #2 goaltender. Nieuwendyk was subsequently called 'selfish' and told to 'just trade Turco at the draft'

6) President's Trophy winner to Stanley Cup
Proposed by Doug Wilson, he claimed that the regular season performance should be more important that just seeding. If a team is good enough to win the President's Trophy, the fans should really be allowed to see the best team in the Stanley Cup Final. Wilson was laughed at and then ignored.

7) Reseed the bracket
Ray Shero came up with this one. Sure, division winners should be in, but they shouldn't be guaranteed a top 3 seed. This would put each division winner in for sure, but they would be in where they would fall in terms of points. 8th worst case. Shero was told to "Let the big boys think. You just sit there till you're older"

So that's all I was able to get before the feed went dead. I'm thinking that paranoid loony Larry Pleu was behind it. Anway, hope you enjoyed, be sure to check back friday!