LeafOfFaith
Well-known member
You don't have to change the rule that the play is dead when the penalized team touches the puck. Its just a weird sequence of events.
A penalty is called, the team scores at even strength before the other team touches the puck so... no penalty is called.
Its really just a benefit to the team that took the penalty.
Its not a major gripe or anything, just a weird rule that punishes teams for scoring goals.
As you know, his point is that you're already scoring on the one man advantage during the delayed penalty, so it's like you got your PP goal by virtue of the penalty assessed. It is logical. You didn't lose anything.
But it would be just as good to reward the team by giving them the PP too. Feels more unfair because of how we've gotten used to the status quo, and probably is in fact, but it'd make the game more interesting. And it would cause players to be more careful about taking penalties in the first place if a team could potentially double dip with both a goal on the delayed penalty and a goal on the ensuing PP.