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Originally Posted by Mathgod
It may seem like it'll rid us of 10 minute hand-wringing challenges, but I don't think it actually will. You're going to be seeing plenty of situations where it's unclear whether or not a skate had still broken the plane of the blue line at the moment when the puck had completely crossed the blue line. Overall I do welcome the rule change, but I just don't see it putting an end to razor's edge challenges that take a long time to rule on.
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What you say would be true if they ever challenged a call that a skater was improperly ruled offside. But that never happens and most of the time a skate in the air will be inconclusive. It's also a reason that offside challenges in general have always bugged me. They can only ever take away goals, and never give back a chance that was wrongfully taken away.