GDT: 9/17 - USA vs. Team Europe - 3:30 ET

[JTX]

Never heard of this rule before, or at least never seen it.

I remember last season (playoffs maybe, I don't remember) a dude legit pulled a soccer header to put the puck into the net. It was No Goal.

 

[Summer Rose]

I don't have a problem with the disallowed goal.

 

[ijuka]

JVR hit it with his hand and it went off of stepan and in, wouldn't that be considered a hand pass in the offensive zone? Seems like a fair call to me

It hit the hand? Looked like chest to me.

 

[General Zodd]

You should be allowed to chest bump and headbutt the puck into the net.

/not serious

While you're at include ass-deflection, handtoss and skatekick!

 

[DaveG]

That's what USA gets for leaving out guys like Kessel and Johnson for Abdelkader and Dubinsky. Do they not know how Pittsburgh won the Cup? Speeeeeed.

Kessel and Johnson would run laps around that old Europe defense (minus Chara, Kessel sucks against Chara).

Yep. Kessel, Johnson, Shattenkirk, and Faulk all should be on this team. In fact it's absolutely inexplicable that they're not. And of course dumb**** is benching Buf instead of Jack Johnson on top of that.

 

[kary]

The refs are spot on so far overall, that (no) goal just confirms it... Im impresed

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Well, it's an interesting idea, but if you ask the players, they would probably much rather play for their own country than for an undefined 'Team Europe'. Countries or 'nations' are formed for a reason, the largest being language plus mentality, customs, etc. You can't bundle up all 'Europeans' and tell me they're all the same. Spaniards, Germans, French people, Polish people, Hungarians etc. are quite different from one another.

I wouldn't be too mad with a larger chance to win (even though it still isn't large).

 

[source]

Huge kill here boys.

 

[ModryJazyk]

Another awful call against the US in Canada, interesting.

header goals are disallowed even in the NHL

 

[tmlms13]

Good call, JVR pushed that in with his arm/chest

 

[BlitzSnipe]

Europe is outplaying the U.S., they're hungrier and want to win more than the U.S. does, at least from what I observe.

 

[Loopy0ne]

Legend of Zelda organ music!

The guy at MSG plays GOT intro music on organ

Organ should be mandatory for all teams.

 

[njdevsfn95]

Players do what JVR did with their skates all the time to score goals and its legal to do so.

Strange that what JVR did is not as long as it wasn't off the glove/hand.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Took the US 35 minutes to start skating.

 

[Novak Djokovic]

Pavelski tripped himself there, no?

 

[JT Kreider]

Maybe Kessel or Tyler Johnson could have score it with a stick

Kessel is hurt.

 

[canadaishockey4*]

New rule? Who knew.

Did nobody see the replay lmao? JVR intentionally hits the puck towards the net with something that isn't his stick thats ALWAYS gonna be called back.

 

[BlitzSnipe]

no worries, if they eliminate US or Canada, it is the last time we see this concept

Haha, who knows .

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

too ****ing cute. get the puck out of the ****ing zone

 

[ijuka]

Zuccarello with terrible pass that leads into a penalty for Europe.

 

[Longbow]

Well, it's an interesting idea, but if you ask the players, they would probably much rather play for their own country than for an undefined 'Team Europe'. Countries or 'nations' are formed for a reason, the largest being language plus mentality, customs, etc. You can't bundle up all 'Europeans' and tell me they're all the same. Spaniards, Germans, French people, Polish people, Hungarians etc. are quite different from one another.

For sure, and it would lead to some complicated questions. But I think it makes just as much (or little) sense as having a North American u-23 team.

On the topic of the disallowed goal, if (and I disagree with this) you think that JVR initial touch of the puck was intentional - then shouldn't a later unintentional touch be nullified and the goal disallowed? It's the classical question with the offside rule were, if a player went offside and it remained uncalled 10 sec before goal, should it matter?

 

[DoubleA45]

It hit the hand? Looked like chest to me.

I'm watching it on a computer so I really couldn't tell where it hit, but I do know he motioned at it with his first, I think that's all the ref needed to see

 

[TLeafsFan]

JVR out with Kane now. He's picked it up a notch for sure.

 

[Baemon Severson*]

Pavelski finding life difficult without Thornton on his line, eh

Also, it's a shame what Old Man Parise has turned into.

 

[BlitzSnipe]

I wouldn't be too mad with a larger chance to win (even though it still isn't large).

Well yeah, but you don't win anything for your own country, it's still for 'Team Europe', which is an artifically created entity.