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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
They should penalize defending teams that don't attack the puck carrier.
Delay of game.
There was a clip on youtube a few years ago of Philly vs Tampa where Pronger just held the puck in his own zone and Tampa just sat at the blueline and waited. Eventually the ref just blew the play dead and they had a faceoff. It was an embarrassing display.
If you force the defending team to actively attack the puck carrier, you lessen the trap to some extent. It either creates a turnover for the defending team or opens up space for the puck carrying team to make a play.
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It's not like teams aren't forechecking at all. There's usually always at least on skater on the puck carrier to force them up the ice. But when they are trying to defend the lead in the later stages of the game, then they generally do take a more a more "come to me" approach.
Maybe something as drastic as eliminating offsides once the puck cross centre ice can help in reducing the effect of trap hockey.