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The Brodeur Plan
by Paul on 01/03/08 at 09:34 AM ET
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from Michael Farber of Sports Illustrated,
The philosophical underpinning for the Brodeur Plan, floating around since the early years of the NHL’s Dead Puck era, is unassailable: By being allowed to ice the puck without consequence, the penalized team is inherently rewarded….
“If you ice the puck now, you can’t change,” Brodeur said, “so you’d get tired penalty killers out against a fresh power play. That’s a better advantage [for the team with the extra skater]. It’ll force [penalty killers] to flip the puck like the in old days, land it soft, without icing it. They have to manage the game better, which is also a skill.”
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How about at least allowing the goaltenders to play the puck outside the trapezoid when the team is on the Powerplay? At least the defending team couldn’t just dump it to the far corner and waste time that way.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 01/03/08 at 10:49 AM ET
That really isn’t significant, as goalies often just skate quickly to the end of the goal-line to stop the puck before it crosses when their team is on a powerplay.
Posted by NHLJeff from Pens fan in Chicago, IL on 01/03/08 at 01:13 PM ET
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As if 5-on-5 scoring wasn’t already de-valued enough. Has there been an outcry for more power play scoring?
Posted by Earl Sleek on 01/03/08 at 09:44 AM ET