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 RDOilerfan
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Registered: January 2016
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| oilfan94 wrote on Fri, 16 December 2022 14:29 |
| Skookum Jim wrote on Fri, 16 December 2022 14:54 |
| RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 December 2022 10:03 |
.. What bothers me even more is the league called in for it! The Blues didn't see it as a problem and thought it was onside which I assume they have a guy just like the Oilers who's job it is during the game to watch video and look for challenges. So the Blues thought it was good and followed the rules but the league steps in and say, nope, you guys are wrong.
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This is actually the worst part.. refs called it right.. Blues thought it was on-side.. fans thought it was on-side.. some clowns sitting in a booth in Toronto thought they'd get creative.. just to show off?
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I believe Toronto automatically reviews all OT goals.
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I understand that but the league is literally deciding that a couple of guys watching a tv screen 1000's of KM away are a better judges at if he has control of the puck vs guys you are literally there feet away. You are basing it on if the camera catches the puck or stick at the right angle at the right time.
This all started with that Duchense goal where he was feet offside and a goal was allowed to happen. So they want to "get the call right". Well it has morphed into zooming a camera in and watching it frame by frame to see that a for a split half second McD doesn't have control of the puck or a guys skate is 1/8 of an inch offside. It's pretty rare you see a linesman miss an offside by feet. This is supposed to be entertaining and goals are entertaining. So if you have to get zoomed in and slow the game down to frame by frame then maybe they play is close enough that you let it go. I get that the Oilers have been benefitted from super close offsides but it's gone too far.
If the point is to get the calls 100% right, then why not put sensors in the bluelines and the pucks and sticks and whatelse is needed to take away the human element. Then you know the play is perfectly legal. There is no interpretation which is what fans like myself hate. It wouldn't shock me if that same paly happened next game and the call was different which shouldn't happen but sadly it does frequently.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 1967
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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These calls are ruining the game. It’s just insane at this point.
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Skookum Jim
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Location: Burnaby, BC
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Oh.. and ANOTHER thing.. I didn't realize it when I watched the replay on the OT goal.. it was freaking TORONTO that called the rink to intervene to insist on the offside review.. has that ever happened for an offside? .. looks like a case of the Toronto goofs getting bored sitting in their box all night and decided to do the mental gymnastics to contort an explanation into fitting an offside call.. and determine the outcome of a game..
McDavid had clear possession crossing the line and never lost it, he took his stick off the puck for an instant so that O'Reilly's stick check didn't get transmitted to the puck.. but he was always in control of the puck.. Game was over.
NHL doing what the NHL does.
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tardigrade81
Messages: 1967
Registered: November 2022
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
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Yup I noticed it was Toronto. Sickening.
I’m curious to see how the league takes McDavids post game comments.
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stemhovlichski
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Registered: March 2006
Location: NSR
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Fri, 16 December 2022 12:49 |
Oh.. and ANOTHER thing.. I didn't realize it when I watched the replay on the OT goal.. it was freaking TORONTO that called the rink to intervene to insist on the offside review.. has that ever happened for an offside? .. looks like a case of the Toronto goofs getting bored sitting in their box all night and decided to do the mental gymnastics to contort an explanation into fitting an offside call.. and determine the outcome of a game..
McDavid had clear possession crossing the line and never lost it, he took his stick off the puck for an instant so that O'Reilly's stick check didn't get transmitted to the puck.. but he was always in control of the puck.. Game was over.
NHL doing what the NHL does.
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McDavid never touched the puck in the offensive zone to establish control. If he had, he would have been safely onside. Parayko chipped the loose puck away, so Connor became offside at that point. Drai got the puck so the whistle should have been blown then, but the linesmen have been instructed to let the plays finish and let T.O. decide. The rule was applied correctly.
The Twitter link in an earlier post shows a very similar play where the attacking player actually touches the puck in the offensive zone, thereby retaining control and staying onside.
But, hey, giving up a shorthanded goal to the worst PK in the league on a complete breakdown in the Oilers' end only gets us 1/2 as angry as getting T.O.'d. That was a joke of an effort with 30 seconds left. Embarrassing. All they had to do was anything other than what they did and the game was over. Shoot, pass, skate, over. But nope.
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