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Hockey without offsides?

Hockey without offsides?

What would that look like? Would we like it?

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Jack Han
May 21, 2023
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Every time an NHL goal is disallowed following a blueline video review, a small number of folks on Twitter proclaim that the game is better served by abolishing offsides altogether.

I don’t agree with that notion at all.

Last night I posted about the geometric implications of removing the bluelines from the game.

Below is a concrete example of what no-offs…

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