The NHL is going to have a coaches challenge starting as early as next season, but what will be allowed to challenge is going to be a hotly debated topic, just as any major rule change the first year it comes out.
Currently there is a coaches challenge in the NHL – and frankly it isn’t used enough. Before you jump all over my case, there is a rule that states that an opposing bench can request that a players stick be measured, depending on the ruling of the measurement, two minute penalty for one team.
But that isn’t the type of challenge we are talking about here.