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Offside Rules Case Study

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BOCA RATON, Fla. -- NHL general managers will gather for three days beginning Monday to talk about the state of the League and discuss potential changes that could be implemented as early as next season. The GMs are expected to discuss the offside rule as it relates to the coach's challenge. According to offside rule (83.1) a player is judged to be onside when either of his skates are in contact with or on his own side of the blue line at the instant the puck completely crosses the leading edge of the blue line. The GMs want to discuss the potential for changing the language to allow for a player to be onside as long as one of his skates has broken the vertical plane of the blue line regardless if it is in contact with the ice. Any rule

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