Tkachuk with GOTY Candidate

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

1) Obviously a high stick. Is Tkachuk 4 feet tall? That's the only way he'd manage to have the stick above his shoulders yet below the crossbar. I know he's slightly hunched, it still ain't close. "Angle" my ass.
2) I'm for the permanent banning of anyone who starts a GOTY thread without a vid of the f***ing goal.

 

[sparxx87]

Great play but clearly a high stick.

Not sure how you’d even argue that was below his shoulders?

 

[sparxx87]

1) Obviously a high stick. Is Tkachuk 4 feet tall? That's the only way he'd manage to have the stick above his shoulders yet below the crossbar. I know he's slightly hunched, it still ain't close. "Angle" my ass.
2) I'm for the permanent banning of anyone who starts a GOTY thread without a vid of the ****ing goal.

Crossbar doesn’t matter on the initial tip - its two different rules.

The goal was fine (under crossbar) it was the self-tip, clearly above his shoulders, that should have stopped the play.

 

[Rebels57]

Tkachuk with a high-stick of the year candidate.

 

[guzzy]

oilers won a trade for the first time in half a decade...they're really gonna run the lucic thing into the ground lol

i was just thinking this. I can't bear to hear, "Flames fans keep bragging about how they won this trade". I don't know one flames fan that likes this trade. Most fans love the fact that Neal is gone. He still isn't good enough to fit in their top 6.

 

[The S5]

I guess Doughty got the last laugh tonight.

He did, but Tkachuk showed who the better player is.

 

[ElysiumAB]

Nice to see LA get screwed in the dying seconds of a game for once.

I hope when my teams get screwed they still win the game. Cool.

 

[ElysiumAB]

I know hindsight is 20/20, but it's pretty clear Calgary should've kept James Neal.

It would have saved us from this entire debate, as in that position he would've scored that goal WITH HIS MIND.

 

[Calendal]

Playing the puck at all (regardless of height of contact) after touching it with a high stick calls for the whistle to be blown.

The reference point on that wording is not where shoulders are at the moment of the touch but rather where they are normally, which can make such challenges quite difficult to rule conclusively. Without knowing how Toronto would view the situation it's quite the risk to review, as the review would need to be conclusive. I can definitely see how they would not want to risk it.

 

[Kranix]

From the only angle I saw...looks like a high stick, DO they go by crossbar or shoulders though??
Kings won anyway

 

[InfinityIggy]

Given the Landeskog goal the other night, high sticking is apparently not a thing anymore.

Good goal, amazing goal. GOTY candidate.

 

[DropIt]

High stick, but it was due from the Landeskog high stick in game 1. It all evens out

 

[McNurse]

Holy smokes

 

[Anglesmith]

Hitting the puck a second time below the shoulders doesn't wipe out a high stick.


Playing the puck at all (regardless of height of contact) after touching it with a high stick calls for the whistle to be blown.

Yes. The argument is to do with whether the first contact was with a high stick in the first place. If it was possible to prove that, it should have been challenged.

 

[Anglesmith]

From the only angle I saw...looks like a high stick, DO they go by crossbar or shoulders though??
Kings won anyway

When it's the last contact by the scoring team before the puck goes in the net, it's the crossbar. In any other situation, it's the shoulders. Tkachuk hits the puck twice here. The second hit goes by the crossbar, and the first hit goes by the shoulders.

 

[Nithoniniel]

I was willing to let it go and then Eric Francis and Hrudey went full spin zone in the second intermission and 3rd period, respectively.

A little off-topic but didn't they say something like "Lucic isn't going to score goals like Neal but he might lead the league in penalty minutes, which can also be valuable"?

 

[inthe6ix]

Yes. The argument is to do with whether the first contact was with a high stick in the first place. If it was possible to prove that, it should have been challenged.

How can anyone possibly argue the height of the first touch? There have been multiple screenshots already posted in this thread clearly showing how high the first point of contact was - he was looking up at the puck above his head!

The play should have been called dead on the spot making the second touch into the net irrelevant.

 

[robertmac43]

It's not even the goal of this young season. It looked cool for sure, but it ain't a GOTY candidate

 

[BiolaRunner]

It was a high stick and an obvious one at that. But the high stick wasn't the touch that put the puck in the net.... can that be reviewed? It'd be like reviewing a high stick at center ice... that then leads to a zone entry and then a goal.

Chris Wagner had a goal like this last year where he hit it with a high stick but hit the puck again when it hit the ice. Technically, I believe the first hit should stop the play, but since it was not the touch that led to goal, isn't reviewable

 

[Bandit]

He did, but Tkachuk showed who the better player is.

Yeah, Doughty.

 

[Phil Kessels Hot Dog]

I dunno

 

[kings11]

He did, but Tkachuk showed who the better player is.

 

[inthe6ix]

I dunno

you're a couple of frames too late

hit rewind and try that cap again, or just go back and take a look here:

Tkachuk with GOTY Candidate

 

[PaddyMcStackin]

Snoop Dogg approves of this goal.

 

[Phil Kessels Hot Dog]

you're a couple of frames too late

hit rewind and try that cap again, or just go back and take a look here:

Tkachuk with GOTY Candidate

ok I did it again.