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CrusaderPi wrote on Fri, 16 December 2022 10:42

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 December 2022 10:38

Kr55 wrote on Fri, 16 December 2022 10:28

RDOilerfan wrote on Fri, 16 December 2022 08:51

I wasn't able to watch any of the game, just listened to the last part of the 3rd. Pretty disappointing. It doesn't fix the obvious extremely costly mistake by Nurse but I appreciate he owned it and I appreciate that the coach called attention to it.

The OT goal called back. I don't know what to say anymore about this league. It's just sooooo inconsistent. I just think back to the Makar goal in the playoffs where there was literally a Avs player 3 or 4 FEET inside the blueline before the puck came in, they called that a good goal part of the argument being "it's Markar, he's awesome, look at the play he made". Then last night they say of all people McD put himself offside because he didn't have complete control of the puck. He made move instantly after with the puck but for a billionth of a second he lost control I guess. Sure, whatever you say. It shouldn't have went to OT anyway but still pretty frustrating.


I guess in both of those cases they are interpreting "possession" the same way. That it only counts if you are touching the puck. So I guess they better properly define possession as something that only exists in the microseconds the puck is touching your stick and just run with that.

It's one thing if the fan watching in the stadium or at home don't fully understand how the rules work but it's another if the players, especially players like McD, throw up their hands and say they don't know what the rule is anymore. Of all the people who know the rules and the game in and out, it will be the players. So if these guys don't know what is what anymore, that's a big freaking problem and they need to do something about it.

Players tend to have something of an ingrained bias when interpreting rules, assuming they know them. McDavid might think he has possession of a puck, but thinking that doesn't count for a whole lot when people are reviewing the tape. Now, I think McDavid had possession of the puck, but only because I assume whatever McDavid does on a hockey rink is intentional. Sadly, that also doesn't count for a whole lot when people are reviewing the tape. If that play was done by any other player it would have looked an awful lot like a chip and chase.

Well then they need to write the rules so they take away as much interpretation as possible. How can they call off McD's goal but call what Skookum posted that is on twitter a good goal? The guy literally dropped the puck back over the blueline for his own guy. The standard that the league supposedly has that can almost change shift to shift makes it pretty obvious they are just making it up as they go.

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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