I thought it was written eloquently enough. However, my guess is this writer is pretty influenced by Bill Simmons who made his name writing theoretical rule change articles, hypothetically turning a sport on it's head.

That being said, it's interesting to pose the question and I don't think the writer should be punished for getting a dialogue going.

Even if you were trying to increase scoring, the best way to do this would be something that KEEPS it 5 on 5 situations and then increases scoring in those instances. Penalties etc slow down the game.

I'll be honest, I'd love to see what increasing the height and width of the net by 1 inch would do for scoring. Most of those pucks that hit the post would be goals.