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Originally Posted by VilleN
The offside review needs to either be eliminated or revamped. The offside rule is to prevent cherry picking, and force teams to strategically enter the zone - in my opinion it's not a rule of inches, rather a rule that forces teams to play a certain way - the blueline is not the goal line. I think a reasonable compromise would be that the refs are allowed 2 minutes to review the play - if it is inconclusive the call on the ice stays.
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There are so many way to fix the offside challenge rule, and the league just refuses to do so.
That call yesterday should be a death knell for that rule, but it won't be.
The call being right or wrong doesn't even matter any more - the entertainment product is just so bad.