 At the 2009 NHL General Managers ' Meeting , it was discussed whether the rule should be eliminated as a solution to the increasing number of injuries on defenseman who are being hit hard by forechecking forwards . The forecheckers were no longer impeded by defencemen holding them up because of the crackdown on interference which created situations where defencemen were being hit at high speeds . Brodeur believed that revoking the trapezoid could result in more scoring and more exciting games . He explained , " If you give the liberty to the goalies to play the puck , they 'll mess up more than they 're successful . " He also expressed his concern for defencemen , " It 's a no @-@ brainer if they want to start to eliminate these huge hits for the defencemen ... Whenever my defencemen or somebody was getting a big hit , I felt guilty that I let that guy get hit like that . Now , I 've got to sit and watch all the time ... You 've got to try to find something because so many guys are getting hurt . " At the time of his statement , Devils defencemen Paul Martin , Johnny Oduya and Bryce Salvador were all out with injuries . 
