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The 2025-26 NHL season is upon us and with it comes tweaks to the rules hockey fans know and love.
While there are a lot of interesting changes set to take effect down the line for the NHL — including 84-game regular seasons and a salary cap for the playoffs — the 2025-26 season will see very little change at the outset. But, with a quick, cursory glance at the official 2025-26 NHL rulebook published by the league, hockey fans will now notice one minor, but hilarious, addition.
NHL WATCHABILITY TIERS:Who are the must-see teams for 2025-26?
Folks ... common sense is now part of the NHL rulebook.
Yes, really. For the first time, the NHL has added "common sense" to its official glossary of terms. Here's how the NHL defines "common sense" in the rulebook for the upcoming season:
It feels like an absolute no-brainer that NHL referees and officials should use common sense when calling games. Yet, given the amount of controversy NHL referees have found themselves in over the years thanks to blown calls, maybe adding common sense as a guiding term into the rulebook is a good idea.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: New NHL rule change features 1 minor (but hilarious) word choice
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While there are a lot of interesting changes set to take effect down the line for the NHL — including 84-game regular seasons and a salary cap for the playoffs — the 2025-26 season will see very little change at the outset. But, with a quick, cursory glance at the official 2025-26 NHL rulebook published by the league, hockey fans will now notice one minor, but hilarious, addition.
NHL WATCHABILITY TIERS:Who are the must-see teams for 2025-26?
Folks ... common sense is now part of the NHL rulebook.
Yes, really. For the first time, the NHL has added "common sense" to its official glossary of terms. Here's how the NHL defines "common sense" in the rulebook for the upcoming season:
It feels like an absolute no-brainer that NHL referees and officials should use common sense when calling games. Yet, given the amount of controversy NHL referees have found themselves in over the years thanks to blown calls, maybe adding common sense as a guiding term into the rulebook is a good idea.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: New NHL rule change features 1 minor (but hilarious) word choice
Continue reading...
