A player could be penalized for it, it was just up to the ref to call it. It was an automatic penalty for goalies (which almost never happens).
Considering everyone hates “game management” not sure why people want to go back to refs discretion with this.
They’ll never let a player blatantly shoot the puck over the glass without a penalty. A big reason they have the rule is for fan safety. I prefer having the rule over having more netting.
It doesn’t even happen that often, players are talented enough to not make that mistake most of the time. It’s not like there’s a ridiculous number of penalties a game either.
I have no problem with the NHL asking players to get out of their zone without flinging it at the audience.
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