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Originally Posted by Pizza
If it came straight off of a defender's stick, it is a clear shot. The moment you remove the penalty, defenders will do this on purpose as they did prior to the rule change
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Then just make it discretionary. The refs can decide if you did it on purpose or if you were under pressure and threw it away. There's already a discretionary delay of game penalty that can be called if the ref thinks you've done something to deserve it. Not sure why this particular action needs to be mandatory, and it results in some unfortunate and unintended circumstances.