Change doesn’t come easily but a faster, more exciting brand of National Hockey League action begins with the new rules to be introduced this season. The League and its players are committed to a wide-open game with more scoring chances and fewer stoppages of play.
For the new rules to succeed, they will need the support of all of the NHL’s players, coaches, general managers, owners and officials. Players have been vocal in their support of the changes. The new standard of enforcement will require referees to call penalties on existing rules, including hooking, holding, tripping, slashing, cross checking and interference. [continue]

The NHL has released a video detailing some of the new rule changes. So is all the clutching, grabbing and interfering going to be called like it is written in the rule book?
Yeah, right, every year they talk about the same thing and it is enforce for maybe a couple games and then soon forgotten.
But hey! They made a video this time. They must be serious!