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Originally Posted by Cowperson
If you have the hammer in the 11th end, why not just remove every Swedish stone as they're thrown, regardless of where they are on the ice, rolling your own out of the way in the process - basically keeping the ice clear - and then draw to the button with your last rock to win?
Why allow clutter, which can only advantage the Swedes, to build up at all?
Cowperson
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I believe they use the free-guard rule, it's been a while since I watched curling intensely (I only casually caught what was going on during the Olympics) but for the first four stones (2 per side I think) unless the rock is in the house you can't take it out.
Having a guard complicates things, as if you tuck behind it, you can't easily peel it out.