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Old 08-11-2020, 08:52 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Kidder View Post
The discussion that endures after every extended NHL overtime game is so predictable and stupid IMO.

Don’t like to watch them? Simple. Turn the tv off. Stop watching the game. Check the box score the next day.

Those of us who do like to watch them? Well we’ll happily watch them to completion.
What if it was the Flames who went through a 5OT game and, as a result, were too gassed/depleted to make a deep playoff run? Would you feel differently about it then?

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But what is even the purpose for changing the over-the-glass rule? Because it happens? Don't almost all penalties happen?

Tripping is a penalty, but most trips are accidental. Should we remove tripping too?
Tripping can't be removed because teams could use trips blatantly to gain an obvious & huge unfair advantage. It's not entirely clear if teams could use putting the puck over the glass to gain an unfair advantage. Maybe the rule should be that your first puck-over-glass gets your team a warning, and if you do it again in the game it's a 1 minute penalty, then a 2 minute penalty each time after that in the same game.
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