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Oddbob said:
I hate it. This is a basketball thing and makes no sense at all for hockey.
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I'm fine with a different solution. But specifically for overtime, how would you prefer to limit the perpetual over and back that also makes no sense for hockey?
 
jkutswings said:
I'm fine with a different solution. But specifically for overtime, how would you prefer to limit the perpetual over and back that also makes no sense for hockey?
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Use the other basketball rule, backcourt violation, except make it the blue line, not the center.

If a player passes to a teammate going back across the blue line (out of the offensive zone), it's treated the same as an offside and a faceoff occurs at that blue line. This way, any time a team decides to back out of the offensive zone, they risk a 50/50 chance of losing possession. It's by far the easiest to implement as well, no clock or timer involved. Lineman can raise hand, blow whistle, call "OT offside", and then do the faceoff.

Not to mention a shot clock would be dangerous in hockey, a player looking up at the clock could get demolished. Terrible idea, hockey is a full contact sport.
 
Oddbob said:
I hate it. This is a basketball thing and makes no sense at all for hockey.
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3 on 3 overtime makes no sense for hockey and has been one long game of keepaway. A team wins a faceoff and can hold the puck for 3 minutes, circle the offensive zone, back to their zone and then back to the offensive zone. It's trash.

Gniwder said:
Use the other basketball rule, backcourt violation, except make it the blue line, not the center.

If a player passes to a teammate going back across the blue line (out of the offensive zone), it's treated the same as an offside and a faceoff occurs at that blue line. This way, any time a team decides to back out of the offensive zone, they risk a 50/50 chance of losing possession. It's by far the easiest to implement as well, no clock or timer involved. Lineman can raise hand, blow whistle, call "OT offside", and then do the faceoff.

Not to mention a shot clock would be dangerous in hockey, a player looking up at the clock could get demolished. Terrible idea, hockey is a full contact sport.
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No to the blueline. Totally fine with the red line though. We see too often an opponent advance into the zone, circle back and then skate their side of the red line for a line change if they can't generate something.
 
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If we're somewhat consistent this season we'll get a playoff spot imo. The Atlantic is a bit all over the place.
 
Tage Thompson out long term... not good for Buffalo. They have a ton of skill and still should turn it around but early on the conference and division is giving us a chance to stick around. Hopefully a speedy recovery , hate to see any player injured.
 
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Gniwder said:
Penalty is overkill, a faceoff would work just fine since it's 50/50 chance of losing possession. If you want to make it hurt a bit more, it could be a defensive zone faceoff like intentional offside.
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Face off in defensive zone with no line change then.
 
Gniwder said:
Penalty is overkill, a faceoff would work just fine since it's 50/50 chance of losing possession. If you want to make it hurt a bit more, it could be a defensive zone faceoff like intentional offside.
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Penalty guarantees they don't do it. A faceoff is a light deterrent in my opinion.
 
RRhoads said:
Face off in defensive zone with no line change then.
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It's not like we get to decide, but I'd agree to it if I had any say in it. Seems like a fair compromise.

Oddbob said:
Penalty guarantees they don't do it. A faceoff is a light deterrent in my opinion.
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Defensive zone faceoff with no line change would be plenty deterrent. I really don't want the refs deciding "intent", they blow enough calls. You're talking about idiots that can't see a guy throwing a stick. Just make it a faceoff if it goes back across the line and the team with possession touches it first. Keep it simple.
 
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