WCQF Game 5: Colorado Avalanche @ Nashville Predators | 9:30 PM ET | SN360, TVAS, NBCSN, FS-TN, ALT

[PattyLafontaine]

How? He just angled the skate sideways to keep it in front of him. It didn’t go forward. And it bounced in. That wasn’t a kick.

It’s like you’ve never played soccer before. That was embarrassing by the NHL.

 

[Kale Makar]

How? He just angled the skate sideways and moved his foot forward to make contact with the puck to keep it in front of him. It didn’t go forward. And it bounced in. That wasn’t a kick.

Fixed that for ya

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

He angled the skate that he could get it to his stick. No kicking motion.

Not over yet, still.

No, he angled his skate and pushed it forward to direct the puck towards the net.


The fact they actually overturned the no goal call on the ice is one of the worst calls I've ever seen in the game.


Disgusting.

 

[The Shermanator]

I'm not saying it was an obvious kick. But there was absolutely no evidence there to overturn the call on the ice. Skate obviously angles and moves forward beyond the forward momentum

 

[hockeyisgud]

The wording of the rule is just dumb. Like he obviously directed it in but the rule is it has to be a distinct kicking motion and it was clearly not a distinct kicking motion. Was the right call but a bad rule.

 

[Benched]

puck went forward off his foot, he wasn't redirectring it... I think the reversal isn't in the spirit of the rule

Bad call by the officials to overturn that one

I agree with that but I think the initial call was wrong. It bounced off his skate, he didn’t kick forward. He was clearly trying to keep it in front and get it to the tape.

 

[Mighty Makar]

I honestly think that’s a good goal. Forsberg did the same thing back in 2002 against Detroit and it counted. That was in the conference final.

 

[Spawn]

Tough call for sure.

He moved his skate forward and angled it so that he'd make contact with the puck. But I'm not sure that constitutes a kick? Looked more so like he was just trying to stop it from getting past him.

I donno.

They should just scrap the whole kicking motion rule tbh. Short of picking up the puck and throwing it into the net players should be able to direct the puck in with whatever part of their body they can imo.

 

[TSA0402]

Like how quite a few argue its "a bit of a kick", so no goal.

That is not a distinct kicking motion. It was angled, with a very slight kick towards the net. Seen worse called before. Hell reminds me a ton of the Zibanejad-Price goal years back.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

That's Karma for MacKinnon scoring an obnoxiously offside goal a few years ago vs the Preds that ushered in the offside reviews.

(Or was it Duchene? Avs either way)

It was duchene, and he was only offside by like 15 feet, cut the officials some slack!

 

[Benched]

No, he angled his skate and pushed it forward to direct the puck towards the net.


The fact they actually overturned the no goal call on the ice is one of the worst calls I've ever seen in the game.


Disgusting.

They shouldn’t have overturned it after ruling no goal but that wasn’t a forward kick.

 

[Hire Sather]

With the garbage offside review now in the game, I forget about the decade + of the "kicking motion" garbage being the worst rule in the sport.

 

[Panthaz89]

How? He just angled the skate sideways to keep it in front of him. It didn’t go forward. And it bounced in. That wasn’t a kick.

interesting? so when you hit anything with the side of your foot intentionally it isn't a kick? What do you call it when you hit something with the side of your foot. He put his foot there it wasn't aimed at it.

 

[Hank Plank]

This type of crap really sours me to the NHL. I don't even care who wins this game but that's straight up chicken little officiating.

 

[BMOK33]

I’ve always said they should go back to the pre 1997 rule which was any puck off a skate and it’s no goal. So even if a 98 mph slapper glanced off your skate and it the goal was waived off

 

[Tw1ster]

Garbage call. Preds and VGK conference finals will go down. They are the league darlings

Triple threat in the finals? VGK vs Nsh vs Pitts?

 

[Tobias Kahun]

Tough call for sure.

He moved his skate forward and angled it so that he'd make contact with the puck. But I'm not sure that constitutes a kick?

I donno.

They should just scrap the whole kicking motion rule tbh. Short of picking up the puck and throwing it into the net players should be able to direct the puck in with whatever part of their body they can imo.

Having a bunch of players kicking at the puck in the crease sure sounds safe.

 

[Ghetty Green]

Wow! They are 3:1, no need to help them. BS.

Jets advanced. Can't have them rest too much longer than the preds

 

[KCbus]

Listen -- that was a very, very close call. People here who were saying it's "clearly" this or "clearly" that are wrong. Because there was NOTHING clear about that play. It was subjective all the way, and I could make an argument for both. If you showed me the replays, without commentary, and without telling me what the call on the ice was, and asked me "kick or no kick," I'd say it's a kick, and no goal. But it's still close.

But when the referee on the ice calls no goal, I don't know what the hell anyone thinks they could have been looking at to think they have any business overruling him. If you think that's clear, you must have really enjoyed 4/20.

 

[mad4comp]

Avs have waaaay too many lefties on their team. Balance it out. on that last rush, not a single guy could take a shot, because they were all lefties.

 

[SpaceCoastShark]

Sorry, that was a kick in. The NHL wants team in non-traditional markets... Nashville, Vegas...

 

[WingsMJN2965]

With the garbage offside review now in the game, I forget about the decade + of the "kicking motion" garbage being the worst rule in the sport.

Trapezoid says Hi.

 

[berlin]

It’s a shame how often they get replay incorrect.

 

[wandk128]

1/2 way to justice

 

[State of Hockey]

WOW! What a play by MacKinnon!