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Originally Posted by Lubicon
For younger players (such as proposed) I really like this change as it encourages thinking, puck patience and some skill when you are on the PK. Nothing wrong with that since it is all about skill development at that age. Last time we played games in the U.S. they also did not have the tag up offside rule, it was an automatic whistle on an offside. I liked that one too as it also encourages patience and puck movement while you wait for your team mates to clear the zone rather than just mindlessly dump it in every time.
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Both rules add more whistles (and thus more time) to a game's playing time. NHL would be crazy to do it. For the icing rule to work in the NHL, it'd have to be a penalty so it wouldn't happen often.