Goalie interference or BS?


Goalie interference or BS?

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  1. I thought it was wild that the commentators were saying that Duclair was blocking his glove, blocker and stick all at the same time. Kinda looked like Bob grabbed his leg to me

  2. I pissed me off a little bit , however I feel like it is the interference due to the ice skate going into the glove

  3. Interference. And it’s one of those where a player is responsible for their body. The right leg goes back into where Bob had his hands and gloves. It looks like he was holding onto the leg and may have. However it is the skater’s responsibility to be out of the crease and not interfering with the goalie. His leg going back interfered.

  4. It is both interference and BS. By the letter of the law, it is interference. Duclair voluntarily enters the crease and Bobrovsky is unable to move freely within it, even though the contact is initiated by Bobrovsky. Letter of the law says that is interference and disallowed goal.

    It is BS because the entire goaltender interference part of the rulebook needs a rewrite. It is the most subjective call in the sport and there is no consistency from call to call because there can’t be, aspects of the rule conflict with each other. To me, the contact was incidental, initiated by the goaltender, and you could easily argue that Duclair’s skate only interfered with the glove because his stick was being held by a defending player so he couldn’t play the loose puck with his stick. Bobrovsky still had a chance to play the puck, in fact he did with his stick, he just whiffed.

    Letter of the law, yes this is interference, but spirit of the law it should not be. It is a rebound loose puck outside the crease, attacking players and goaltender going for it, contact is going to happen and it shouldn’t be interference. At worst, I think that should have been a call on the ice stands. The second interference was clear cut and an easy call.

  5. I saw this on a different replay. It was more clear than this view.

    I saw the player in white try to get position on the red player, and step into the crease to get around. There was contact skate to skate. This was half a second before the shot, and the goaltender was pushing off, but his skate slipped at the moment of contact. The red player did not appear to push him into the crease. There was contact, but not in that direction and not timed with the white player moving around with his skate in the blue paint.

    It was pretty clearly interference. When I watched it, I thought, “This will be posted on r/nhl.

    Then there was the second goal called back. And that sucks for the Lightning.

  6. Very clear cut interference. In the blue paint and made contact with the goalie multiple times. If he didn’t make contact like that and was where he’s supposed to be, that goal probably doesn’t happen

  7. BS ! Let them Play, If the D-man is contacting the player all bets should be off ! Every D now pushes the player into the goal hoping to “brush against the jersey” so Weak ass Toronto will give them the Nod ! The new Refs Suck ! Bob knew he was beat, so as is now “Tradition” for G, act like a Sniper hit ya, throw the gear & flop ! Easy Save made huh ?! I prefer the Old ways, If they let the D “Interfere” (which technically it is hitting a player without the puck by rule) with the O-Player, then the area along the line for the crease NEEDS to e more grey ! Sure If the G gets Moved over or hit with direct contact, call it. But, If the D “Helps” the Player into the area and makes contact happen, it’s a Wash ! One more thing, “Where’s the HOLDING THE STICK all” on this one, Clearly pulling him backwards, another Non call ! Are these Refs on Loan from the NBA or what ?! THIS is Hockey, NOT B-ball, Contact needs to happen ! Now, Panthers gonna get a Cup ! Go Cats Go !

  8. After watching so many Hyman goals get called back the last few years, this one would have definitely. 

    No doubt, interference. 

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