I think "trick plays" in general don't really pop up into the league anymore because of what was stated in the prompt, the reward is for the most part not really worth the risk. The way hockey is played has changed so much over the past few decades that it gets extremely difficult to pull some of these moves off. The defensemen in the league now, even the worst ones, are arguably better than many defensemen that played "back in the day." Defensemen are trained to be ruthless and not let up on players more so than ever now. I do think that we will start to see a little more creativity like the lacrosse goal come into play as the superstars in the league are getting younger and younger now, and as the boomer generation of "THAT'S NOT HOCKEY!!!! >:(" begins to settle down and accept the change. All I can say for sure is I love to see the new creative plays an can't wait to see what the future holds.

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