This seems like a 'half-pregnant' solution. I will freely declare that I much prefer touch icing.
I would have like to seen them treat it like leaving the bench to fight. Hurt someone on an icing play, by hitting or tripping them and you get 10 games. If it doesn't work go to hybrid/automatic.
I know that not all players have been hurt from hits on icing plays, Pitkanen wasn't hit when he got hurt. Guys have also been hurt by being hit into the net and they haven't changed the construction.
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