Season is too long. Should be over in May.
They played a 68 game season back in the day & the SC playoffs were over before Victoria Day weekend. I like that. But that was in a 12 team NHL.
Would give anything to go back to about a 21 or 24 team league, with no more than 70 games each. Less teams means we need less players, which means the talent pool wouldn't be so thinned out. You'd see quality of play increase, and less crappy players out there who can't keep up, so they hack and slash the stars.
Overall, the NHL would be a WAY better league with less teams and less games...