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Did you read KPD's story recently about the Bruins' memories of their first skates? Chara's gave me nightmares
I refuse to pay for the Globe. But that sounds like an interesting article.
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I refuse to pay for the Globe. But that sounds like an interesting article.
It's always a good idea to brush your teeth after a poop sandwich.
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We had these ankle guards that we strapped on. Almost every defenseman wore them. Good idea to make an already heavy skate even heavier!
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As a father of three boys who played hockey, I can confirm this to be absolutely true.
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IIRC the Bruins had the worst PP % of any team that won the Cup. It was beyond awful. Thankfully their PK was the best in the league that year.
I've always maintained that if a goalie leaves the crease he's just another player out there subject to the same risks/rewards/rules for the forwards.
This call was pure bullspit.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmm....with all these playoff cookies, shakes & free beer I'm going to gain back all the weight I've lost & then some
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How would you have felt if the jerseys were reversed? I think most of us would have been pissed if that goal was allowed. This wasn't a case of McIlheny getting bumped and failing to reset. He got hit as the shot was coming in. Yes, Debrusk got pushed somewhat, and yes, he tried to avoid contact. McIlheny was right on the edge of his crease - it's not like he was 10 feet out of the crease, or where Mrazek was on Clifton's goal...I guess I just don't see the uproar over this call.
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Did you read KPD's story recently about the Bruins' memories of their first skates? Chara's gave me nightmares
I was intrigued. Found here: Frozen in time: Bruins players remember their first pair of skates
That's exactly it though - the Bruins HAVE had that EXACT goal ALLOWED AGAINST them numerous times. That is my issue with it.
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Wasn’t much different than the one the Leafs scored that was allowed,the Leaf Player didn’t fall on Rask but definitely interfered with Rask being able to make the save.
I'm not in an uproar, but if that rule is applied consistently, I have no issue. For off-side right now a leg above the line and not scraping on it is enough to reverse a goal call. Crease exists for a reason: player in the crease - interference, goalie outside the crease - good goal.
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It's not EXACTLY the same goal. But by your reaction, can I assume you thought the league screwed up in allowing those goals? If that's the case, why would you want them to continue to screw up by allowing the one last night?
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11%, including the first round ever without a single PP goal in playoffs history
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Zdeno Chara was 19 and playing for the Prince George Cougars of the WHL when that song reached the charts.
I’m of the mind frame that if the opposing player makes contact with the goalie as a direct result of that goalies own teammate initiating contact, then yes, the goal should be allowed. In that sense, yes, exactly the same. IMO anyways. Not saying I’m right, it’s just how I see the contact aspect and is why I really thought it would be allowed.
If Jake had smacked McIlhenny down under his own power while McIlhenney was in the crease I would have said no goal. But Jake didn't deliberately hit him, Slavin pushed him right into #35 and Jake had no where else to go, though he tried to avoid the hit. I've never agreed that it is goaltender interference when something like that happens, as far as I am concerned the contact has to be deliberate on the part of the opposing player for it to be true goaltender interference. Otherwise it is just a dumb play by the defenseman/defending forward. You know we've all yelled at McAvoy for doing what Slavin did though thankfully the puck never went in the net. And, as far as I could tell McIlhenney was just enough out of his crease to be fair game to be hit anyway. Good goal.
Correct - Tuukka is in the crease, McE is outside. Even bigger reason to disallow Toronto's goal. Otherwise, the same story - player pushed into a goalie by a defenseman.
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I just watched it again, and McIlheny's skates were still touching the blue paint when DeBrusk made contact with him. And you know it's never that cut and dried.
