Right. Thats why I posted we’re in “ride it out” territory the last 30 games. Army is just going to have suck it up and go against his aggressive instincts. Maybe squeeze out a mid-round pick or 2 from this relatively weak group of vets and then get Snuggerud signed in April and that’s what we’re looking at until the summer.
It doesn't matter. He went through the crease on his own. At that point you have to avoid the goalie even if you get pushed into them. This is how the rule has been called for years, but has been more consistent on that front this season than previous years. That's why it was a 20 second review with a "call on the ice is confirmed" instead of "call stands".
You will be attacked on here if you ever blame Binnington
Following up on this, and barring another 18 saves by Hofer with no goals by the Canucks, we will have a combined save percentage of .900 or better in just 27 of 52 games this season or 51.9% of our games. One of Hofer’s plus performances came from a 7/7 relief appearance against Tampa last month.
They were reviewing it all break. If that’s true then why are goals allowed ALL of the time (either review or called good on the ice) when a player is skating in the crease and gets shoved into the goalie???
The argument against interference is that Hughes pushed him into the crease. I agree that you’re out of luck if you enter on your own, but it is not at all clear that he was going to end up there before the contact initiated by Hughes.
That's a fair perspective, but doing so just adds another layer of judgement to the officials and another point of inconsistency. I think the direction the league wants to go is to reduce those so teams know the standard and some visible consistency can be applied.
or i like to laugh because its "referee appreciation night" on a night where they've been running a circusyes, I to laugh because other people suffer eye injuries
