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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Not sure but I've never heard about that rule.
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Just checked. They changed the rule in 2020. Before the 2019-2020 season, you were required to have a timeout available to your team to challenge and were restricted to one per game. Now you can challenge as many times as you want.
I guess I understand the reasoning for the change… but I have not seen many teams use their time out to give their video team time to review before officially challenging. Obviously the rules allow for that and it won’t shock me if we start seeing that more often now. Really not a fan of that. Would rather make teams have to gamble on their choice to challenge more. Do this by making two rules changes:
1. If your team loses their challenge, make the penalty a 5 minute major instead of just a minor penalty. Much more of a serious risk to losing a challenge.
2. Teams have a 20 or 30 second window after a goal is scored to choose to challenge. Absolutely no more - I would honestly love it if was more like 10 seconds. The clock starts ticking the moment the goal horn goes off. They should have a button on the bench they have to press to make the challenge official. This eliminates the wasted time coaches use trying to talk to the refs before officially challenging. I get so tired of seeing the refs argue with them over the call for the sole purpose of buying time for their video team.
I think these changes could cause one or more of the following to happen:
1. Teams will lose their challenges more often which will result in powerplays - more scoring chances (what the league likes).
2. Teams will likely not challenge if the play is too close to call - fewer challenges over plays being 1/4 of an inch offside. Fewer challenges speeds up the game.