Common Sense
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- Dec 29, 2010
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Keep the offside challenge but extend the blue line to the ceiling.
Scrap the goalie interference challenge.
Scrap the goalie interference challenge.
If you gain the zone illegally to that blatant level you're inferring, they'll have called offsides.
If it's to the point where reviewing for offsides and it's beyond that point, the play wasn't affected by the fraction of an inch of offsides to merit removing the goal.
The rule is there to prevent cherry picking.
It's fine the way it is. This is a solution in search of a problem.
Yep. Nothing agonizing about it.You're fine with goals being called back after minutes of agonizing review of several camera angles to see if someone is actually offsides?
Just get rid of the offside challenge. The whole thing is dumb in the first place.
I have to admit I'm really curious what the effect would be if offsides were removed from the game. Maybe at the lower levels you'd get people cherry picking in the offensive zone but realistically no team is going to tolerate a goofball floating in the offensive zone leaving the rest of his team trying to play 4-on-5.
It could really open up the game. I'd try it in the AHL or something just to see what the effects would be. Thing is, it would have to be a long trial, and it could impact behaviour for those players who get used to it who then get called up, but it would be difficult to sell as a change in the NHL with no real idea what would happen without actually trying it first.