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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
If they fined the players for every penalty, they could probably fine tune the game so that the total number of infractions is lower and more in line with the number they need to call to maintain control. Money is a powerful motivator.
The viciousness of the game still attracts a lot of fans, but if you called a penalty for every possible infraction, we would see 5 hour games with nothing but 3-on-3 hockey, since right now, barely a shift goes by without little hooks and slashes that could be called.
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That's a chicken and egg problem. If you call every single thing, hockey players would stop doing that thing.
For example, before the "puck over glass" rule was implemented, it was happening 10+ times a game. Once it was implemented, it is now what you see today - the only times it actually happens is usually when a defenceman is under pressure, and screws up the clearing attempt.
If you called every single slash, players would stop slashing and just play hockey.