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Not sure why the GM's want to keep the goalie trapezoid in the game. It was put in originally to keep goalies in their crease to help increase scoring chances and forechecking because goalies (Brodeur) would come out and play the dump ins and make a nice first pass out otherwise.
My idea: make goalies fair game for contact outside the crease, IF they have or are playing the puck. Any contact initiated by the skater on the goalie inside his crease is an automatic interference penalty, make the crease 6" bigger all around if you have to. The goalie crease is meaningless now that players are allowed to skate through, stand in, when the puck goes in. If goalie is outside the crease, he is fair game for contact like any other skater on the ice. If he has the puck you can hit him. If he's standing outside his crease, you can't hit him just like you can't hit a skater like that normally. If goalies want to risk getting pasted in the corner while playing the puck, they will stay in the crease on their own. Giving goalies immunity from contact is a bit of a load IMO, they are after all still playing a contact sport.
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