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Originally Posted by GGG
I don’t think that is actually the rule though. Doesn’t delayed offside only apply when the defenders are playing the puck out of the zone and when an offensive player is bringing the puck in it’s when the puck crosses the line not when the stick touches the puck.
I think they just completely invented a rule here
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No, if it were when the puck crosses the line, there would be no such thing as a delayed offside, it would always be an immediate call (and was in fact the rule, prior to the delayed offside rule).
The purpose of the delayed offside rule is to allow any offside players to get themselves back onside, before any offensive player enters the zone and touches the puck.