BY: Jason Kay

They haven’t yet dropped a puck at the NHL’s research and development camp, but already the event is a winner.

That’s because regardless of what transpires, the league has scored a PR victory, at the very least projecting the perception of openness to progress.

Based on their recent track record, however, you’ve got to believe this camp is about more than image-building. After the lockout of 2004-05, the NHL performed a similar project and subsequently introduced a series of measures that spawned mostly positive results and many rave reviews. Why wouldn’t the league follow the same formula?


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