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HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: 2025 Playoff edition

Bobrovsky's looking solid. Great athleticism, positioning and reads.

Oilers were so close to going up 2-0 on McDavid's crossbar the opportunist Panthers did their thing and got the lead.
 
Was ruled the Oilers defender pushed the panther into his goaltender. I could see it.
I could not. I need to see this again. It looked like the Panther let himself fall into the goalie on purpose. The announcer was saying: "I think that's on Bennett."

In any event, for a forward who steps into the blue paint... there should have to be an egregious action from the defender to absolve the interfering forward. It certainly was not called like that. This is not a serious league.
 
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Was ruled the Oilers defender pushed the panther into his goaltender. I could see it.
The push alone wasn't enough to allow that goal the fact that Kulak's skate happened to be behind the push was. Bad call to challenge IMO. Now I'm wondering if that McDavid crossbar short handed doesn't come back to Haunt them. BobRobSky is starting to get settled in. I swear I saw this movie last year.
 
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I could not. I need to see this again. It looked like the Panther let himself fall into the goalie on purpose. The announcer was saying: "I think that's on Bennett."

In any event, for a forward who steps into the blue paint... there should have to be an egregious action from the defender to absolve the interfering forward. It certainly was not called like that. This is not a serious league.
Bennet absolutely sold it and took advantage of the situation. Was a crafty play by a veteran player. Still nothing wrong with the call.
 
The push alone wasn't enough to allow that goal the fact that Kulak's skate happened to be behind the push was. Bad call to challenge IMO. Now I'm wondering if that McDavid crossbar short handed doesn't come back to Haunt them. BobRobSky is starting to get settled in. I swear I saw this movie last year.

Who are they saying pushed him? Walman?

All i saw was Bennett backing into Kulaks skate which Kulak has the right to his space and he falls into goalie.
 
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Bennet absolutely sold it and took advantage of the situation. Was a crafty play by a veteran player.
I can see that Kulak's skate could have had an impact, but that's irrelevant to me. A forward encroaching on the blue paint should not be there, let alone allow himself to fall into the goalie on an incidental contact. They should review this officiating at GMs meetings. They are either serious about protecting the goalie or they are a bunch of amateurs. Then reviewing it and assessing a penalty in the absurd interpretation just compounds the idiocy.
 
There was a shove not violent but a shove none the less.

i will take everyones word cause i see little or not enough to warrant Bennett ending up in the crease

Bad call imo

Worse was the challenge

Its 1-1 no need to risk it, its like Oiler staff forgot who they were playing expecting a favourable decision even if you were 75 percent sure
 
I can see that Kulak's skate could have had an impact, but that's irrelevant to me. A forward encroaching on the blue paint should not be there, let alone allow himself to fall into the goalie on an incidental contact. They should review this officiating at GMs meetings. They are either serious about protecting the goalie or they are a bunch of amateurs.
I understand your view. And I don't necessarily disagree. Was a tough break for the Oilers and to get penalized afterwards is just added salt to the wound. Just saying the call as it was made had some merit.
 
I can see that Kulak's skate could have had an impact, but that's irrelevant to me. A forward encroaching on the blue paint should not be there, let alone allow himself to fall into the goalie on an incidental contact. They should review this officiating at GMs meetings. They are either serious about protecting the goalie or they are a bunch of amateurs. Then reviewing it and assessing a penalty in the absurd interpretation just compounds the idiocy.

Well said.
 
i will take everyones word cause i see little or not enough to warrant Bennett ending up in the crease

Bad call imo

Worse was the challenge

Its 1-1 no need to risk it, its like Oiler staff forgot who they were playing expecting a favourable decision even if you were 75 percent sure
For me it basically ended up being a tag team slew foot. I'm not sure what tree stump could have kept his feet on that play. Just my take.
 
For me it basically ended up being a tag team slew foot. I'm not sure what tree stump could have kept his feet on that play. Just my take.
That argument would have some weight if the forward were standing elsewhere when it happened. If he were standing well away from the blue paint when it happened, he would not have affected the play of the goalie.
 

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