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Quote: Originally Posted by qroach

Basically there's two things I saw people do. One is to initiate a board pin when you have the puck to avoid getting hit, so there's hardly any body checking in the new game since people rarely bother to do it. Second I see people using board pin when the opponent has the puck and you are "anywhere near the boards", it even works if you're slightly past the player trying to pin you. it's too much, just like stick lift last year. The difference is this makes skating anywhere near the boards off limits.

When I read that, I didn't read two ways in which board pinning is being abused online. I read two reasons why I've never played online, and never will.