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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Dumbest rule ever. If you score does it count? No. So why should the penalty?
Bizarre
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The problem is that you can't just give players free rein to do whatever they want after an apparent goal is scored.
There are many infractions that still should deserve a penalty. It would be no different than if you punched a player in the face as he was celebrating a goal. A player can still be assessed a penalty during a stoppage in play.
It's easier for the league to have a blanket rule that says all penalties that occur after the goal is scored are still assessed than it is to leave it up to the refs to decide if it's something that still deserves a penalty even though it happened during the course of play that technically no longer happened.