Just don't agree GirlySports, changing the rule so a proximity player clause would apply, ugh that would be a big mess. The league has much greater concerns to sort out like head shots before they dither around with the delay of game rule.
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Originally Posted by kirant
Hockey is a weird game that way I think. It's much more fluid than virtually every other professional sport that the refs are given a lot of power since the rules can't cover everything. And it creates a speed/consistency issue since the penalties are hard to judge in real time and the human factor causes different refs to view different levels of violence and contact as different severity penalties.
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Very true, but in a 7 game series I think it evens out.