Bobby Orr has a solution to curb injuries and increase creativity in today's NHL: bring back the two-line offside pass rule.

"I think we have to put the center red line (passing rule) back ... (to prevent) injuries and because the game is being played the same now," Orr told Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun.

"You can pass from your zone all the way to the other line, deflect it in, go get it and shoot it out. Back and forth. If you have to carry that puck out of your end and make a pass, skate with it, it makes it different."

Removed from the rule book following the lost 2004-05 NHL season with a view to creating a faster and more exciting game, the two-line pass rule forced a stoppage in play if a pass originating from inside a team's defensive zone was completed on the opposite side of the center red line, unless the puck crossed the line before the player.

In Orr's view, however, the rule change is no longer accomplishing its goal.

"I don’t think (removing the line) has increased the offence, nor has the trapezoid," he added. "It’s made it a dangerous game, guys flying out of their end, looking for that long stretch pass and bang, they’re being hit. These guys are so much bigger and faster than when I played."

The topic was broached at the 2012 NHL general managers meeting, but was put on the back burner for the time being.

Maybe the game's greatest defenseman and current player agent will be able to put the discussion back on the table.

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