Was Krejci's glove-down legal?

[tarheelhockey]

Or because a few salty fans want to argue this is a 'textbook' penalty when it's something that happens all the time and is called about 3 times a year.

The funny thing is, nobody is salty about this. Literally not a single person has said this impacted anything about the outcome of the game.

But it’s interesting to know that’s where you’re coming from when you think about rules topics.

 

[rocketdan9]

if it happens all the time and is legal, why don't we see defenseman grabbing the puck out of the air and throwing it down the ice to clear the zone?

Bc it is not easy/possible to do most of the time

instead they bat it out of the zone with their gloves all the time....but you are fine with this

 

[BruinsBtn]

if it happens all the time and is legal, why don't we see defenseman grabbing the puck out of the air and throwing it down the ice to clear the zone?

Ummmm, pretty much every game on the powerplay you see a defenceman catch a puck while holding the line and throw it in front of himself.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Are you aware that the Bruins were dead last in PP opportunities during Greg Campbell's tenure in Boston? By a large margin at that ... even though they were one of top teams in the league in that time-span.

The Bruins had 1080 PP opp.
The Avalanche (second last place) had 1127 PP opp.
The Red Wings (first place) had 1360 PP opp.

The Bruins finished 26th, 25th, 30th, 30th, 29th in PP opp. when Greg Campbell was on their team.

When they were last, they went to the Cup Final and won the Presidents Trophy the year after.

But clearly just because of the refs who always favored the Bruins.

The Bruins also committed more illegal plays than any other team, so "letting them play" was a huge boost to Boston.

 

[bleedgreen]

Jack Edwards is pretty much the most biased and homerific announcer in the game. If not the tops, he has to be top 5.

He himself was laughing and saying “I’m shocked” that the play was allowed. Brickley said it should’ve been called back. He caught it and tossed it past the defender.

This is a missed call. It happens and life goes on, the canes choked and probably would’ve anyways without this play.

It is what it is though. An illegal play that directly led to a goal, like many other plays shown on these boards.

There’s no conspiracy. It’s not the Bruins cheating. There’s no favoritism for one team vs another here. It’s a missed call, and a pretty surprising one.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Bc it is not easy/possible to do most of the time

That, and also because it’s illegal.

 

[bleedgreen]

no, its not even an argument.

read the rule.

you are allowed to catch the puck.

you are not allowed to close you hand on it while it is on the ice.

it wasn't on the ice, he caught it out of the air, witch is allowed.
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Right after the part of the rule you bolded is the part about how you can’t use a hand on the puck to get past the defender. Cmon man.

 

[ThePhoenixx]

It's not a penalty if the player is a Bruin, Knight, Sunbelt team, etc....

 

[Glove Malfunction]

That, and also because it’s illegal.

Actually it's not. You just can't pick it up and throw it down the ice. Of course if you throw it down the ice and it's played by a teammate, it's a hand pass.

 

[rocketdan9]

That, and also because it’s illegal.

Is gloving the puck illegal?

 

[rocketdan9]

Actually it's not. You just can't pick it up and throw it down the ice. Of course if you throw it down the ice and it's played by a teammate, it's a hand pass.

Add to this, try to catch pucks ..... 8 out of 10 times you cant

 

[rocketdan9]

Right after the part of the rule you bolded is the part about how you can’t use a hand on the puck to get past the defender. Cmon man.

It happens every time...when players catch the puck and advance in whichever direction to pass traffic

Maybe they should call this everytime or change the rules

 

[Loosie]

Yup should have been a penalty. If he just dropped he would have been fine, but there is a clear throw forward past the d-man to gain a positional advantage.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

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

That just might be it!!

 

[tarheelhockey]

Actually it's not. You just can't pick it up and throw it down the ice. Of course if you throw it down the ice and it's played by a teammate, it's a hand pass.

Is gloving the puck illegal?

You can "swat" the puck the length of the rink, using an open glove.

You cannot "grab" the puck and throw it down the ice. That's a penalty.

 

[GoldiFox]

Actually it's not. You just can't pick it up and throw it down the ice. Of course if you throw it down the ice and it's played by a teammate, it's a hand pass.

What your saying is legal would fundamentally change hockey. You can't catch pucks out of mid air and throw them down ice for positional advantage. If it were legal it would happen more regularly. Players would chip pucks up to their glove and toss it down ice rather than deal with poke checks. A perfect example of what that would look like can be found in Post #1.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

Add to this, try to catch pucks ..... 8 out of 10 times you cant

How Can The Pucks Be Real If Our Hands Aren't Real??

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

It was illegal. Not sure why that's so hard for Bruins fans to admit

 

[cneely]

Yeah, this is silly.
Bruins fan here, and that was definitely an illegal play. Oh well, I'll take the 2 points and move on.

 

[rocketdan9]

How Can The Pucks Be Real If Our Hands Aren't Real??

Thats real deep...

 

[the halleJOKEL]

It was illegal. Not sure why that's so hard for Bruins fans to admit

are you really not sure??

really?

 

[bleedgreen]

It happens every time...when players catch the puck and advance in whichever direction to pass traffic

Maybe they should call this everytime or change the rules

They blow it dead or call the penalty every time I’ve seen it, even in my own beer league games. People have provided other videos of people getting away with it so obviously it happens but I honestly feel that every time this is detected the play gets blown down.

I definitely have zero agreement that this happens “every time”. Maybe ten plus years ago. If the canes had done this I would’ve been laughing my ass off hoping it didn’t get called back or they would find some way to review it. It was obvious in the moment, in any of the replays, to the guys on the ice and even to the Bruins announcers calling the game.

You guys won and absolutely deserved to. There’s just no real argument that this is a legal play, just a vague nod to “Ive seen other guys get away with it” or “I saw a guy get away with it once”. That’s not an argument. This was excessive in any context.

 

[Beezeral]

It happens every time...when players catch the puck and advance in whichever direction to pass traffic

Maybe they should call this everytime or change the rules

it happens so often the only examples posted are from 7 years ago and another play where the whole point of the video is to complain about the player closing his hand on the puck and tossing it forward. smh

Is gloving the puck illegal?

gloving a puck and immediately dropping (aka opening your hand and allowing gravity to do its job which results in the puck dropping to the ice at the feet of the player.

What is illegal is gloving the puck and throwing it with force in a direction to gain an advantage.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Yeah, this is silly.
Bruins fan here, and that was definitely an illegal play. Oh well, I'll take the 2 points and move on.

What's silly, but not surprising is that a thread involving a controversial Bruins play has gone on for over 300 posts. Had this play occurred in a Kings-Flames game, it wouldn't even get a thread.

 

[bleedgreen]

What's silly, but not surprising is that a thread involving a controversial Bruins play has gone on for over 300 posts. Had this play occurred in a Kings-Flames game, it wouldn't even get a thread.

This is going on because people are making actual arguments that this was a legal play or that it happened in some fashion other than what obviously happened. No Canes fan is spouting Bruins hatred. Every single canes poster unanimously agrees it didn’t change the outcome of the game and no one thinks that the Bruins are cheaters. It just should’ve been blown down at the very least.