Ridiculous call that could cost a team a playoff spot. I couldn't believe it when they let the no goal call stand but maybe I should believe it becaue the NHL rules have always been terribly inconsistent.
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In the meantime, feel free to join our Discord ServerThey'd call puljujarvi for sticking his lips over the blue paint.At the rate we’re going, someone’s going to get a goal taken away for a screen shot when no one is within 10 feet of the crease. If I can guess correctly, it’ll be Hudson Fasching because they said he was breathing too heavy near the net.
Wouldn’t it be his chin?They'd call puljujarvi for sticking his lips over the blue paint.
It’s impossible to tell from the videos posted that Palmieri’s skate never enters the crease. It looks close, but idk how you can say he definitively is outsideExcept Palmieri was outside of the crease and Merzlikinis initiated the contact outside of the crease where he has no right to be.
I'm all for having a hard crease, like in lacrosse. But when the goalie takes position or carries outside the crease, it's a contact sport. NHL goalies enjoy far more protection with a soft crease.It’s impossible to tell from the videos posted that Palmieri’s skate never enters the crease. It looks close, but idk how you can say he definitively is outside
So you want the crease rule back? If it's their area a player even being in it has an impact on them making a save, so all goals with a player in any part of the crease should be called back?Goalies have an area. It’s called the blue paint
Merzlikens made first contact with Palmieri’s skate outside of that blue paint
Bring the crease rule back and get rid of the skills competition to decide a game. It’s a fair trade off honestly.So you want the crease rule back? If it's their area a player even being in it has an impact on them making a save, so all goals with a player in any part of the crease should be called back?
There is a better view of this one somewhere. Elvis gets hit in the face with a stick (after puck is by him), but it looked like Lee made contact to his glove even before that.
Holy strawman, Batman!So you want the crease rule back? If it's their area a player even being in it has an impact on them making a save, so all goals with a player in any part of the crease should be called back?
I don't think it is, if you want black and white rules, then you can have them, but it's lame because it leaves zero room for interpretation.Holy strawman, Batman!
It goes both ways though…they can’t just let Toronto decide. If the on ice call was good goal, based on video, that would have stood as well…so either way, whatever call the ref makes was going to be the result.The substantive decision, while probably wrong, wasn't even the main problem. It was a procedural issue first and foremost. That ref had zero business emphatically waving off the goal as interference when it was not a clear call. Toronto didn't "confirm" - they failed to overrule (are you one of those people who say, "They found the defendant innocent"?). It was a borderline call and there wasn't enough in the video for them to overrule the call on the ice. The ref should have let it go and allow the Situation Room to review and make the call. If a player steamrolls a goalie or does something else obvious or egregious, then sure, make the call on the ice. But for a ref to emphatically make a call on a play like that, when Toronto is going to review it anyway and has the luxury of time, slow motion, multiple replays, etc., is ridiculous.
That was a ref deciding to be the show, pure and simple.
Ridiculous call that could cost a team a playoff spot. I couldn't believe it when they let the no goal call stand but maybe I should believe it becaue the NHL rules have always been terribly inconsistent.