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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
My question is why is your skate 12 inches off the ice to pin a guy against the boards? If you want to pin the guy against the boards, your skates should be on the ice and you should be using your legs to be driving the guy into the boards.
So that's why I say it's a careless play and something the NHL should be looking to get players to stop doing.
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Pinning and lifting is pretty standard, it gives the guy you're pinning way less power to move if he's lifted. Cooke's leg is higher going in here, probably because they bump together shortly before they reach the boards putting Cooke off balance and raising his leg up.