PASabreFan

It all started when I got a fake SS number for my cat and used him as a dependent.

No. If I did do you have a toll free number for me?

I'm pretty good at remaining unbiased. No blue and gold glasses here. Do you not see Fasching lifting his left leg off the ice and extending it toward the net before the puck gets there? Was he just dealing with a cramp?

The league's commentators shouldn't be used as evidence. Broadening this out... Do we really want goals to be scored like that? What if it won a Cup against the Sabres?

Let's look at the correct rule. 78.5. Goals will be disallowed "when the puck has been directed, batted or thrown into the net by an attacking player other than with a stick." The exception the league has is that for whatever reason they want to allow players to be able to direct pucks into the net of their skates. I don't get it. It's a stick and ball sport. Doesn't matter here. That's not the issue. The issue is what Fasching did as the puck was arriving. I think it's obvious but to each his own.

My hot take this morning is that the league will issue a correction/apology today. I'll also be expecting that letter from the IRS teling me I don't really owe those back taxes.

OK but you'll have to explain how you don't see Fasching directing the puck into the net with his leg. It didn't just deflect in. Distinct kicking motion had nothing to do with it as the puck did not go off his skate.

Harrington tweet: I inquired with the NHL about why Rule 78.5 was not applied in this case. Response to @TBNSports: "It was ruled a deflection off Hudson Fasching's shin pad and, therefore, it was determined there was no distinct kicking motion." Holy non sequitur. What is wrong with this league? Mike is spot on. Distinct kicking motion had nothing to do with it. It was always rule 78.5. You can't direct the puck into the net with your leg. That was no deflection.

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Stephen Captain Tuttle.

It was low hanging fruit. But nicely done.

On the call... There's no way they ruled there wasn't a distinct kicking motion as the basis for overturning the call right? I mean there wasn't but that had nothing to do with it IMHO. He directed the puck in with a motion of his leg.

What can brown do for you? Spoiler alert: mad dashes.

Nm. I was thinking of parcel post, the only way I ship anything.

You can't knee or shin the ***** puck into the net!

So I really think we're debating the wrong rule. According to rule 78.5 (i) in the NHL rulebook (h/t Sports Illustrated's Ben Estes), goals will be disallowed "when the puck has been directed, batted or thrown into the net by an attacking player other than with a stick."

Dude. Post and parcel. Are you OK?

Do you really want guys kicking at pucks?

Overpassing shitheads.

I'm not sure the kick rule applies. You can't direct the puck in with any body part.

I was being sarcastic. "Call on the ice" is crap as we just saw.

Nope.

The call on the ice doesn't matter. Stop lying to us about that. Toronto does what it wants.

I know. They won't let us score and stuff.

Why Hammy on the radio?