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Originally Posted by Owen15
I’ve been thinking…
There should be a delay of game penalty when a player wilfully exits the offensive zone in overtime. I think this would force the team with possession to attack the net and also create turnovers going back the other way.
I don’t hate overtime but I hate the endless do nothing but skate in circles OT has devolved into.
Just my opinions.
Thoughts?
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Players do have to leave the zone for line changes, and a penalty in 3-on-3 is a much bigger punishment than 5-on-5.
How about this? Once your team has possession in the attacking zone, if you play the puck outside the zone, it's treated as an intentional offside and the faceoff goes back to your defensive zone. Instead of successfully playing keep-away, you just created a 50-50 puck battle at your own end of the ice. That should be a sufficient deterrent.
I also like the idea of a time limit to exit your own zone with possession, as someone else mentioned, like the backcourt rule in basketball.