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Originally Posted by Joborule
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.
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There was some experiments done a few years back prior to the new NHL where once a team gained the blue line, the offensive zone would extend to center ice.
I'd like to see that one in practice as teams that get clogged up a bit in the zone have more room to circle back and reset the attack. Even if the D pinches down at the hash marks you can still keep the pressure on by regaining the puck outside the blue line.