Around the NHL – Part XL - Mod post page 249

[Rangerfan4life90]

If you go by the actual rule, Makar's goal shouldn't have counted. The NHL is so inconsistent I swear lol. How was Strome's goal disallowed and that was allowed?

 

[Boris Zubov]

No they aren’t lol.

They’re a pure rush team with questionable defense and goaltending.

But they can skate like the wind....that's the big issue we'd have with them. Containing their speed.

 

[New York RKY]

we wouldn't touch the puck against them, they're like Carolina but way more skilled.

Ok then don’t watch

 

[Harbour Dog]

I cannot stand that "lost control" horseshit with offside calls. He clearly had full control of the puck the entire time he was skating with it.

Going by the rules that people dug up and posted before, that is beyond a shadow of a doubt, offside.

 

[will1066]

Cale Macock

You're very phallus centric tonight

 

[Chytilmania]

Calls like that in the playoffs should be a fire-able offense.

 

[ajdj10]

These goal reviews are based on rock paper scissors or some shit.

Not when we're involved.
It's a coin flip with both sides being heads and we're stuck with tails.

 

[duhmetreE]

This goaltending is terrible.

They don't look like Playoff teams tbh.

Colorado is explosive and dynamic... is it good enough to cover up the rest of it?

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

But they can skate like the wind....that's the big issue we'd have with them. Containing their speed.

thats why i actually wanted Tampa in round one even before round 1. They play like us and aren't that fast.

 

[ThirdEye]

I can see Panarin putting up 15 points against either of these teams

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

Not when we're involved.
It's a coin flip with both sides being heads and we're stuck with tails.

Well the one we had disallowed the other day was the right call.

This one that just happened is some penguins level shit.

 

[Cmox]

The West doesnt play D. How long has it been like this?

 

[Bob Richards]

I long for the elimination of the coach's review.

Hell I long for the elimination of offsides all together.

 

[JimmyG89]

Bobby Margarita has forgotten more hockey than I've seen. Clearly knows the rules.

 

[LeetchisGod]

The West doesnt play D. How long has it been like this?

In the Hawks-Kings era they did. Not sure after that.

 

[will1066]

The West doesnt play D. How long has it been like this?

Since the West was won

 

[Richard Banger]

But they can skate like the wind....that's the big issue we'd have with them. Containing their speed.

We just beat arguably the best forechecking team in the league. The only true threat left is Tampa imo.

 

[Harbour Dog]

Bobby Margarita has forgotten more hockey than I've seen. Clearly knows the rules.

You don't need to be touching the puck to be in possession of it though. We went through this in the regular season and somone dug up the exact rule that shows this is the case.

 

[Rangerfan4life90]

If the Rangers can beat Tampa, I like our chances against either west team, way more than back in 2014 against the Kings.

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

But they can skate like the wind....that's the big issue we'd have with them. Containing their speed.

The key is to not allow them to get going in the first place. It’s how Vegas ate them up
Last year

They’ve yet to meet anyone who has chosen to play them like that. Edmonton won’t either.

 

[JimmyG89]

You don't need to be touching the puck to be in possession of it though. We went through this in the regular season and somone dug up the exact rule that shows this is the case.

So a rolling puck is possession? The puck wasn't flat on the ice, it was spinning on edge. A rolling puck, on edge, not touching his stick. They got the call right.

 

[Richard Banger]

The key is to not allow them to get going in the first place. It’s how Vegas ate them up
Last year

They’ve yet to meet anyone who has chosen to play them like that. Edmonton won’t either.

Rangers and Tampa have no problem slugging it up and playing a grinding game. Which is why I believe who ever wins the east is going to win the cup.

 

[Kakko]

Might be misremembering, but didn't we have this exact same situation in a game against Buffalo this season?
Except it was "incorrectly" ruled the opposite way.

Real issue is that what counts as control/possession of the puck feels incredibly inconsistent

 

[Boris Zubov]

So a rolling puck is possession? The puck wasn't flat on the ice, it was spinning on edge. A rolling puck, on edge, not touching his stick. They got the call right.

He had possession to push the puck into the zone. You're really splitting hairs.

 

[Harbour Dog]

So a rolling puck is possession? The puck wasn't flat on the ice, it was spinning on edge. A rolling puck, on edge, not touching his stick. They got the call right.

Meh, I really don't want to get into it again. It went for like 20 pages last time until somebody dug into the rulebook and found the definition of possession as being something along the lines of "the defending player does not have the opportunity to make a play at the loose puck". That isn't the exact wording, but it's the gist of what it says.

And the defending player definitely never had a chance there, since the puck was never more than a couple inches from Makar's stick.

So, take that for what you will. There's nothing to be gained from us debating it now.