I'm not sure the NHL could ever wrap its head around the idea of a 1-minute penalty.
As far as I can tell, shooting the puck over the glass has exactly the same delaying effect on the game as icing – no more, no less. It should be treated the same. The only reason there is a penalty for it is that the solution for icing – no change for the infringing team – had not yet been invented when the rule was made.
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