I'll probably ask this again in the inevitable "pospisil suspended" thread, but discussion around here has made me wonder this...
In every discussion about a questionable hit, people debate whether or not the hitter "left his feet." I have two questions: 1) is that an explicitly prohibited action in an NHL rule, or just a rule of thumb, and 2) what is it about this action that supposedly makes it so much more egregious than if the skates stayed on the ice?
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