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8) No more offside. This also means no more offside reviews. Everyone is happy. Why do we even have offside? If I could go back in time, I'm killing Hitler and kidnapping the guy in 1898 or whenever who was so passionate about an offside line. It's not like the offside line makes the game safer; it's there to give the defense an advantage against oncoming opponents. Why?
Removing offside is another way to get some whistles out of the game and help with flow.
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I've recently wondered about a sort of hybrid offside rule - but I haven't really thought it through. Current offside rules are in place the first time you enter the zone. From there, you don't have to worry about going offside until the puck crosses the centre line. It would make it so you don't have some sort of cherry picking, but you also don't lose the flow of the game if a defenceman lets the puck go 1 inch over the blue line after bobbling a pass.