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Originally Posted by shotinthebacklund
Offside call was horrible. way too close to call that should have stood no doubt in my mind. If the intention of the review is to see if a players skate is a quarter inch off the ice or a mm offisde this has gotten to be a joke.
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Excerpt from rule 83.1: A player is on-side when either of
his skates are in contact with, or
on his own side of the line, at the instant the puck completely crosses
the leading edge of the blue line
Blues fans have NO argument...here the puck is CLEARLY not yet in the zone, and NO PART of Lethera is in CONTACT with his own side of the line.
This has been the way this call has been made all year.
By complaining, Hitchcock distracts his team and gives them the "THEY get all the calls" distraction/excuse. The "us against the world" motivational technique is one of the lamest, least effective methods, because, teams are apt to get frustrated from early adversity.