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Buying Time In The Faceoff Circle
by Paul on 03/20/13 at 12:19 PM ET
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from Jesse Spector of The Sporting News,
“On every icing, the winger goes in (for the draw) and gets thrown out on purpose,” Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. “You see that everywhere you go. He’s getting thrown out so the center can take the draw and it buys five more seconds (after a team is not allowed to make a line change following an icing). That should be a rule that they should look at. That happens all the time. The officials, if they see something, a guy cheating once or twice, they’ve got to throw him out. I’ve got no problem with it.”
The only problem is that of all the elements for officials to follow by the letter of the law, why faceoffs? Maybe the men in stripes would better serve the game by keeping a close eye on hits like the ones by Jannik Hansen on Marian Hossa and Brayden Schenn on Anton Volchenkov earlier this season that resulted in suspensions from the league office, but no disciplinary action on the ice.
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