Yep, and all of these rules punish defensive teams and defensive defensemen, as well as teams that invested large portions of their salary cap to defense and goalies. Even the way they structured the Vegas expansion draft, the rules around how many forwards and how many defensemen you could protect also punished teams that had 3-4 defensive superstars, instead of just 1-2. The entire thing is always about increasing goals and encouraging highlight reel moments, with complete disrespect or even outright contempt for old school hockey.