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krynski · 12-22-2020, 06:31 PM

I might be completely out to lunch, but this is my perspective:

I would much rather the rule applied to a player's leading skate, not the back skate. I don't really understand why "offside" should allow 95% of a non-posessing player to be infront of the puck.

I'm open to thoughts/reasonings.

12-22-2020, 06:31 PM	#12
krynski First Line Centre Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Behind Enemy Lines Exp:	I might be completely out to lunch, but this is my perspective: I would much rather the rule applied to a player's leading skate, not the back skate. I don't really understand why "offside" should allow 95% of a non-posessing player to be infront of the puck. I'm open to thoughts/reasonings.