Can't wait until January to see the All-Star SuperSkills competition? Those events will be part of new ideas, gadgets and rules that Brendan Shanahan is putting on display in front of the league's hockey operations department, GMs, coaches, scouts and executives at the NHL's Research, Development and Orientation Camp.

The camp will gather some of the top young prospects for the 2012 NHL draft to test new concepts such as moving faceoffs after an offside into the offending team's zone, limiting line changes at stoppages in play and removing the trapezoid that restricts goaltenders' puckhandling.

There also will be a session devoted to refining challenges in the All-Star SuperSkills competition.

"These players will go through each and every skill that was performed at the SuperSkills competition in Raleigh and give us an opportunity to present an even more entertaining show in Ottawa next January," Shanahan said in a statement released by the NHL.

The camp will be held Aug. 17 and 18 in Toronto.

Itinerary

Wednesday, Aug. 17 (all times ET, subject to change)

10 a.m.-noon

No-touch icing

No line change for team committing an offside

Faceoff variations (penalty line for center committing an infraction; all faceoffs in circles; same linesman drops puck for all faceoffs)

No icing permitted while short-handed

Verification line (additional line behind the goal line)

Overtime variation (four minutes of 4-on-4 followed by three minutes of 3-on-3)

Shootout variation (five-man shootout precedes sudden-death format)

Shallow-back nets

2:30-4:30 p.m.

After offside, faceoff goes back to offending team's end

Faceoff variations (both centers must come set on whistle; all faceoffs in circles; same linesman drops puck for all faceoffs)

Delayed penalty variation (offending team must exit zone in possession of puck to stop play)

Changes permitted only on the fly (except after goals and upon manpower changes)

Strict enforcement of goaltenders covering puck outside crease (Rule 63.2)

Remove trapezoid

Verification line

Allow hand passes in all zones

Overtime variation (switch ends)

Shootout variation (five-man shootout with repeat players if tied after five shooters)

Thin-netting nets

Thursday, Aug. 18

9:30-11:30 a.m.

"Hybrid" icing

Offside variation (offending team can't change and face off in its end zone)

Faceoff variations (player encroaching can't replace thrown-out center, all faceoffs in circles; same linesman drops puck for all faceoffs)

All penalties to be served in their entirety

Strict enforcement of goaltenders covering puck outside crease (Rule 63.2)

Bear-hug rule

Verification line

Overtime variation (switch ends for four minutes of 4-on-4, followed by three minutes of 3-on-3)

Shootout variation (three-man shootout with repeat shooters if tied after three shooters)

Shallow-back nets

1:30-3:30 p.m.

All-Star Skills competition (fastest skater, breakaway challenge, accuracy shooting, skills relay challenge, hardest shot, elimination shootout)

Other technology/modifications to be tested during various sessions: