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Sutter on hybrid icing: ‘Hopefully they can’t make a rule up next week, too’

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Kings head coach Darryl Sutter is already on record opposing the implementation of hybrid icing.

Now, he’s taking issue with how it was implemented.

On Tuesday, Sutter said it was “strange” the NHL and NHLPA ruled on hybrid icing the day before the start of the regular season, and questioned how many players actually had their say in the vote.

Here’s the quote, from LA Kings Insider:

“Ask the players, because, quite honest, it’s the only rule in the history of the game that the players actually decided on the night before the season started, which seems a little odd.

“And plus, go ask the players how many of them actually had a vote or say in it. If you say ‘players,’ does that mean 700 players, or does that mean 20 players? Go ask. I don’t know. It seems a little strange. Not ‘seems.’ ‘Is.’

“I mean, hopefully they can’t make a rule up next week, too. What’s good about it?”

Sutter isn’t alone in his reaction, as many figured it would be shot down.

New Jersey head coach Peter DeBoer said “surprised would be an understatement” in describing his response to learning the news, and Devils captain Bryce Salvador said “most players I talked to were against it.”

Elsewhere, Pittsburgh’s Tanner Glass said hybrid icing is “terrible,” adding “I hope the vote kills it for good.”