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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
There is no danger. No one has ever shown any instances of danger from someone trying to deflect a puck into the net. Your suggestion requires interpretation of when the skate leaves the ice, or whether it entirely leaves the ice. Who cares? The whole point of simplifying the rule is to eliminate video replay and uncertainty - you are simply changing the parameters of what constitutes uncertainty.
Players never lift their skates off the ice to score, their skates simply come off the ice as a natural progression of moving the leg forward. It isn't dangerous, and your rule wouldn't stop it. All it would do is cause more video reviews.
And to the others talking about pucks going in off legs and butts, players direct those all the time - again, who cares? If you can score with your ass, knock yourself out!
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I actually know of no injuries from players kicking at pucks. They've come from freak accidents with skates flying up in the air because a player fell.
and there's no rule about players kicking the puck in the crease. They do it all the time now, to try and dislodge it in a scrum