After watching a handful of NHL games over the last week and a half; I must say that I was initially impressed. What followed was disappointment that the game had been allowed to degrade to such an extent over the last decade.

But this new crackdown on obstruction might start hitting a few snags in the near future. Refereeing is bound to come into question as some refs are calling everything while others are reverting to what they've been doing for the last few years - letting the players decide. And we know how well that has worked out!