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Originally Posted by CGY12
That becomes a discretionary call by the officials. The league eliminated that with the puck over the glass rule which is much more black and white.
However icing is much different as they already have a challenging time ruling whether the puck was playable by a defender, was it an attempted pass, did the offensive player tip the puck. You may get players who are trying to ice it but are firing it in the vicinity of a teammate. That would open up a huge can of worms if you ask me and probably would become a nightmare. The linesman would have way to much power. Keep it as is and don't let the opponent change.
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It's not too different from the fairly rare intentional offsides (which doesn't always seem to be 'intentional').
I'd be fine with keeping puck over the glass as it is if we could add 'intentional icing' as a penalty...it's essentially intentional grounding in football if there is no 'pass receiver' in the vicinity.