The game is supposedly simplified, after the strike. But the year layoff left the officials clueless about such things as goalie interference. Marty Turco got mugged Saturday THREE TIMES by Blues' defenders before one was finally called when Turco was actually pushed into the goal net.
They're trying to increase scoring, obviously, but what they're making is a game of special teams. Goaltender interference has always been a sore point in the NHL but with players crashing the net as hard as they do nowadays I agree with you that something should be done.
I saw a "goal" allowed in a Minnesota game earlier this year where the net was lifted up from the back and the puck slid in from behind the goal line. And last Saturday in Phoenix the Wild were getting called for a delayed penalty and controlled the puck three times without a whistle before Phoenix scored on a scramble. It's been brutal.