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Originally Posted by Adam
Icing the shooter?
Advantage not intended by the rules?
Just a couple of thoughts.
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If the sub has reported in time to come in, just how long is that going to take? Not sure that 5 seconds can ice the shooter. Even so, I don't think I recall a rule against icing the shooter. If there were, they wouldn't let a team take even one timeout after time expired.
I don't see it as an advantage so what advantage are they getting that is not intended? The rules declare that it is a legal time to substitute so I'm would let them substitute.
Maybe the coach decided he wants to get his hothead to the bench so he doesn't do something stupid and cost his team the game.
Maybe the coach wants to put someone in the game so they can show up in the books as having played.
I'm not going to look for a reason to not do it when the rules are pretty clear unless there is a extremely clear reason to not do it.