Clay Satow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > re: Lines > > I don't think that he was talking about the center line. One of the more > radical changes proposed for the NHL was actually suggested by Sinden and > I believe Mike O'Connell. It essentially did away with tbe blue line. > There was a line about midway between the faceoff circle and where the > blue line used to be. Once you cleared that line, you could pass it > anywhere, even down to the other teams goal, and there was no blue line > offside. It seemed to me that it invites "cherry picking" which I think > is boring, but it makes it virtually impossible to trap. Interesting. If you passed it out, defensively, from _inside_ this new line, would it still have to go all the way down to the other end to be icing? cheers, Henry