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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
It's a good think to get rid of the "puck first" part of the tripping rule. Leads to more penalties/penalty shots for desperate plays. As for the hand on the faceoff rule change it was designed to reduce show scrums on the faceoff. I'm fine with it
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It was also getting ridiculous. Defenders knew, and they were hitting the puck first, but they were definitely taking the guys out purposefully too.