ESPN solicited feedback from readers on How to Fix Hockey. Does any other sport find itself with fans wanting as many fundmental changes to the game? Widen the ice, dump the two-line pass rule, reduce the number of refs, change the point system, make penalties last the full two minutes and not just until a goal is scored, etc.

This suggestion was most intriguing:

Has anyone noticed the increase in the size of goalie equipment? I know the NHL put limits on equipment size last summer, but goalie pads need to be smaller. You hear goalies complaining about shots so hard they hurt. This isn't baseball, it's hockey, it's supposed to hurt.

Maybe bigger ain't better.

UPDATE: NHL GMs are meeting in Nevada to discuss changes to the game:

One issue was whether the width of [goalie] pads should be further reduced -- maybe even back to the 10-inch standard that was raised to 12 in the 1989-90 season.

The maximum length was cut to 38 inches before this season.

"We talked about the goaltender's equipment again, it always seems to come back to that in this day and age, and things as far reaching as making the nets bigger," Campbell said.

Advances in equipment technology make equipment stronger, sturdier, larger and lighter at the same time, meaning they can take up more space in the crease while not compromising a goalie's mobility and agility. Hockey GMs are smart to consider this.