Was Krejci's glove-down legal?

[Anglesmith]

Is this a legal play?



You're allowed to glove the puck down, but to me, Krejci violates the rules by catching it, bringing his glove down with it, then throwing it past the defenceman. Should this be legal or a penalty?

EDIT: Here is the relevant rule, by the way:

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[JoVel]

That's clearly a penalty if you ask me since he directed the puck to the right. Tomas Tatar was penalized for this exact play against the Bolts a couple of years ago and I'm pretty sure no one disagreed with the call.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Well, he clearly doesn't whack at it in 1 motion and grabs the puck. That should have been a minor according to the rules if they deem that play as a territorial advantage which it also was in my opinion.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Clear penalty, surprised it wasn't called. Maybe they resigned Greg Campbell, that would explain things.

 

[Dynamite Time]

It doesn’t look like he grabs the puck, he just bats it down. His glove follows the puck down because he is grabbing his stick as he rushes forward.

 

[hockeyes]

Should be a penalty but is rare to see called, probably 95% of the time it goes completely ignored.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

It doesn’t look like he grabs the puck, he just bats it down. His glove follows the puck down because he is grabbing his stick as he rushes forward.

He grabs the puck down and flips it forwards. It's pretty easy to see. It's a fast motion though.

 

[OppositeLocK]

Penalty for sure.

But it’s the NHL. WWE reffing.

 

[Anglesmith]

Should be a penalty but is rare to see called, probably 95% of the time it goes completely ignored.

I feel like I've seen this called once this year. It's probably the kind of play they let go unless it's going to have a big impact on the game. In this case, it absolutely did as it created a 2-on-1. If this is indeed illegal, I'm surprised they didn't flag it down on this play.

 

[jiboy]

Should be a penalty

 

[TCL40]

Pretty sure he got away with one.

Refs are inconsistent and often incompetent-but I think his movement forward and speed helped him.

 

[rent free]

It's illegal

 

[The Jones Zone]

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Yeah that was a missed one.

One of those calls. Game tied or 4-3 and Canes on the PP to maybe get some momentum back.

 

[Sojourn]

Seems like a penalty, and it certainly goes against the spirit of the rule, which seems to be gloving it to give yourself an advantage, or to deny an opportunity to make a play for the opposition.

 

[TheBluePenguin]

Yeah that was nite of a deke than knock done, should have been called

 

[Hockeyholic]

Bruins were owed a call after that atrocisity in Toronto a few weeks back.

 

[Kcb12345]

Yep. That's definitely a penalty. Remi Elie of Dallas got a minor for doing this earlier this year

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

No, it wasn't legal, but it doesn't matter, the 'Canes gave up 3 odd man rushes up 4-1 with 10 minutes to go and lost 6-4. f***ing pathetic.

BTW that's Jordan Staal he's throwing it past.

 

[Human]

how the hell does a professional ref miss something like this? unbealieveable...

 

[Sojourn]

I just realized you can even see the Carolina player was trying to figure out what the ref was doing too.

 

[tny760]

how the hell does a professional ref miss something like this? unbealieveable...

i feel they've gotten very lax on this rule lately. guys catch it overhand, turn over and lightly toss it forward underhand to themselves which is already too much imo

should only be allowed to direct it straight down

 

[Salem13]

LMAO, it's pretty clear for those with the use of vision that it comes off his knee.

If DK46 planned the swat down off the knee forward ... HoF now.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Meh, missed calls every game. Canes had a 4-1 lead with 10 minutes left and choked it away with piss poor play. The potential missed penalty is kind of "who cares".

 

[BruinsBtn]

how the hell does a professional ref miss something like this? unbealieveable...

Think that's bad? You should have seen the trip they missed on Gionta on the first period