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Maybe we should go retro to find answers to 'offensive' question

By Scott Burnside
ESPN.com

Monday, December 3, 2007

When people talk about changing the way the NHL is played, there is often a great reluctance to tamper with so-called history, or the roots of the game. But perhaps it's within the context of the game's history that solutions to current problems might be discovered. Throughout the history of the NHL, there have been a number of rules imposed to try to incorporate more offense into the game. In the 1925-26 season, for instance, the league imposed a rule that made it illegal for more than tw ...

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