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ok sorry i guess the coaches are just dumb.
is there anything in the rules that disallows this? like unsportmanlike conduct or something?
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This rule seems to allow quite a bit of judgement on behalf of the officials:
http://www.nhl.com/rules/rule83.html
I love the fines - $200 to $500 dollars. That's less than the price of tickets in Toronto.