Brian Kilrea set forth his arguement regarding the no change icing rule. It hampers the development of young players. I believe this. When you have mismatch lines in the OHL with 19 year olds pitted agaisnt 16 year olds, it means that the 16 year olds can't have the opportunity to clear the zone by icing the puck and return the balance.
All we will see is 16 year olds reduce their ice time. The visiting team will never play their 4th line in the opposition rinks. A good coach that cares only about wins will never place his team in the position of not being able to get his 4th line off the ice. So, unless the score is loppsided, the weaker lines will now never play any minutes, thus stunting the development of players and reducing the overall skill on the ice over time.
Imagine now, a 4th line of predominently 16 and 17 year olds get hemmed in their own zone and they ice the puck. They have to stay on the ice and the opposition coach throws on his 1st line of scoring studs. The young line has zero chance of defending. If you were a coach, how often will you now play your young kids with the risk of that happening? I wouldn't.
Well done OHL. Morons.