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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
I've had an unhealthy hate for it since day one too. Carolina scored the game winning goal in the third period game 7 of the conference finals against us in 2006 on a powerplay from one of those stupid penalties. Haunts me to this day.
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I have no problem with this rule because it is not arbitrary. The play is always a result of offensive zone pressure that leads to players in their own zone exercising less care with their clears than they customarily would. Its also a hard and fast rule—there is no room for interpretation on the infraction: it either is or it is not. It serves its purpose in reducing the frustrating number of offensive zone face-offs when the defending team would continually flip the puck over the boards as a solution to alleviating pressure.