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Originally Posted by Schneed10
I'm guessing you're the kind of guy that thought the NHL shouldn't make any rule changes to open up the offense? The NFL would go south in a hurry if zebras were painting the grass yellow on every other play while scrutinizing holding calls. It's just not practical.
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Au Contraire, I am exactly the kind of guy who just wanted the NHL to call what was ALREADY in the rule book!!! When they stopped calling the stick fouls the game got plodding and low scoring. Guys with no talent got by through hooking and holding. They made a real effort to change that mentality and so far it seems like the players have stopped all the stick fouls - or at least accepted that they will be called for it.
I think the same would happen in the NFL if linemen were held accountable for holding infractions, unless you think hockey players are somehow smarter than Football players and O Lineman couldn't figure out how to change their style of play.