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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I dunno. It will kind of allow these guys to cheat like crazy if they get a free warning every time.
I wouldn't be surprised to see faceoff winning percentage go up for the defending team after an icing.
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They already get a free warning, just like they do on every other face off. What they used to do on icing is send a winger in there to take the face off. He'd intentionally get kicked out and the centreman would come in to take he draw. Now, the person doesn't get waived, but the violation is still noted. They have to take the draw.
The only difference is there is no delay between switching from the guy waived to the guy coming in. Once a guy is waived, if the second guy commits an infraction there is a 2 minute minor called. The new rule still follows this, but doesn't let the guy leave the dot.