why hockey is dumb

[strunks]

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Another one to ponder: On the penalty kill, when the penalized team has puck possession in their end and is relatively free from fore checking pressure, why don't they just skate around their own net a few times, pass it back and forth, etc instead of skating up with it and dumping it in?

I think this would apply more to 5 v 4.

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This is rare, since the team on the pp probably has all 5 guys in your zone when the shorthanded team takes the puck. And when the shorthanded team takes the puck, you can bet the pp team wants it back immediately.