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Originally Posted by Mathgod
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?
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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First of all, BOTH teams play the game so both teams are equally tired.
And second, these guys are professional athletes in their 20s or early 30s, they aren't going to be detrimentally affected by an overtime game for weeks, or even days. They're going to be 100% in 2 days. They also have TEAMS of therapists and nutritionists supporting them.