Hockey Prompt

The embellishment penalty in the NHL makes almost no sense to me. First off, it is called so rarely that it may as well not even be a penalty. I get that the speed of the game makes the job incredibly hard but we can see clear cut embellishments happen almost every game as fans. Secondly, the fact that the embellishment leads to a penalty for both players does not make sense at all. Personally, I feel that the embellishment should cancel the opposing penalty in most situations. Of course, there are situations when both penalties can and should be assessed, but when there is a phantom trip called off of an embellishment the opposing player should not get tossed in the box as well. Diving just sucks and I want to see it eliminated from the game as soon as possible. I pretty much can’t watch soccer because of all the flopping and would absolutely be gutted to see hockey follow suit. The league needs to call it out when it happens and keep the problem from growing in the future.

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