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20 minutes left for the Jackets to at least tie or go home.
How was that NOT a major?Bad hit by McAvoy. Only 2 minutes though.
How was that NOT a major?
I posted that in the GDT. pisses me offThat gets McAvoy 2 minutes when ferland gets ejected for his hit in round 1? Maybe I should just let it go but that is completely wild to me
Still pisses me off more regarding the call on FerlandThe problem is the way the NHL wrote the rule. The ONLY options for a ref is a 2 min penalty or a match penalty (no Major and no Game misconduct). And in order to give a match, the rule states:
The Referee, at his discretion, may assess a match penalty if, in his judgment, the player attempted to or deliberately injured his opponent with an illegal check to the head.
The are having to determine if the player attempted to injure the guy which is kind of ridiculous, because whether you meant to do it or not, a headshot like that has a very good chance of causing injury and you know that going in. To me, it looked like the ref initially signaled that McAvoy was gone, then changed his mind.
Still pisses me off more regarding the call on Ferland