While I was happy the goal stood, the Canucks were right to feel aggrieved. How you call what McAvoy did there a dump in is a bit baffling. I guess by the letter of the law it is, but did he really not have possession? I thought it was a stretch.
It doesn't have to be a "dump in". At any point during a delayed offside situation you are 100% allowed to send the puck any where in the zone you want with 2 exceptions, both result in a whistle,
1. You can't hit any of your own players, even by accident.
2. You can't shoot on goal.
He very deliberately taps the puck 2 feet in front of himself and into the zone. He is not cradling it or sliding it and his stick in never in contact once in the zone. Then he very clearly waits to make contact with it again until Kuraly has tagged up.
Not too common to see it play out this way, but not even close to a gray area. Also, it has been this way for YEARS, this is not a new rule or a new interpretation.
For me I think the confusion comes with possession. He has possession and by tapping the puck ahead of himself he gives up that possession but placed the puck where only he could retrieve it. I'm so glad our stud young D man knows his sport so well, that is high hockey IQ on display right there.