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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I'd like passes that hop over a guy's stick or go between his legs, or miss because he's tied up to not end up being icings - icings were always intended to be a punishment for just relieving pressure.
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The reason that rule was changed to create those icings is to discourage the strategy of firing a pass to a guy who just tips it into the zone (if you miss the tip you're off for icing). Being able to just ice the puck by firing it in the general vicinity of one of your guys is not a good thing for flow. Makes the game more boring. What you want is to encourage controlled zone entries.
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