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Has anyone considered the defensemen in this situation? They are going to be skating their fool asses off trying to chase the puck down on dump ins. teams are going to have to go with a 4th defensive pairing just to keep them from collapsing on the ice.
And the no red line deal was tried in the AHL, and it didn't work. Caused alot more offsides and even more/longer dump ins when accompanied with moving the bluelines. As far as I'm concerned, the more rules like this implemented to make it more like international hockey, the less I'll watch. The Olympics featured the most boring hockey I have ever seen. Breakaway after breakaway after breakaway is not what I consider entertaining hockey.
One more thing. The possible addition of a shootout is absurd. While it will artificially add 2 or 3 goals a game in situations where there would normally be a tie, it is an insulting way to steal a game from a less talented team who just got done grinding out a hard fought tie with a better team. If you put teams like L.A.(with injuries), Minnesota, or Nashville, against the majority of teams in the league in a shootout, they are going to lose, because they simply do not have the sniper type players that a team like the Wings or the Avs have. San Jose would also be nowhere if this rule had been in place this season, and if any team deserves to be where they are at right now, it is the Sharks.
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