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Running The Goalie Must Stop
by Paul on 01/22/06 at 09:31 AM ET
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It's a situation the league cannot allow to continue. Goalies are the most important players on any team and often the most highly paid. To allow them to be sitting ducks for minimum-wage plumbers whose primary purpose on the ice is to hurt people, makes no sense whatsoever. But no one wants the return of the video rule which, after an apparent goal had been scored, left fans wondering whether they should cheer or wait for the video replay. Most GMs feel the answer is to be found in allowing the defencemen more leeway in their treatment of encroaching forwards. But that presents problems too. It means that different standards will be applied in different parts of the rink.more
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