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Originally Posted by transplant99
No, he absolutely should not have.
I think most missed it when it happened but...
When the referees watched the replay on the tablet, they were checking to see 2 things. One if the puck went in and secondly if the posts were on the post when it did. During the watching of that replay, they(toronto) decided the goal went in and the posts were on, but there was goaltender interference to allow it to enter the net.
When he came out to explain it over the PA system he said,
" after further review there is no goal....there was goaltender interference on the goalie "(redundancy and all but thats what he said)
So if GG was to call for a review it would have been to challenge something they already decided after review. In others words....pointless.
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If that was a goal going against the Flames everyone here would say no goal, the goaltender was unable to make a save due to his blocker and pad being pushed into the net at the same time. It is unfortunate for the Flames but especially this year where they have been very adamant about any contact with the goaltender that impedes movement and the ability to make a save that it is no goal. Chaisson and Bennett were both in the crease and pushed Gibson into the net during the save. That has been called back all year. The fact is that if it was called a goal Anaheim would have challenged it right away and it would have been called back.
Past that the referees weren't that bad, the calls went against both teams - Elliott embellished the contact with Getzlaf and Bouma's theatrics looked quite embellished as well. Both penalties in my opinion but in both cases it looked a bit suspicious as to how each player went down.