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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
except that the puck crosses the line before Gibson is physically pushed into the net...
if you mean chiasson sweeping at the puck, that incidental contact as far as I am concerned: the puck is loose. Chiasson has as much right to bang at that puck when its loose as gibson does - Gibson has zero control... you see pucks caught up in goalie equipment all that time that gets knocked in and is still a goal.
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Yeah, I don't think it's Chiasson's whack because it's still loose. If he had control then for sure. But that's not the case.
Has to be Bennett's skate.
It's probably the combination of the two that led them to assuming interference, given all the bodies in the area. Could be argued either way, IMO. Just think their explanation wasn't good enough. Telling GG the exact point of contact that was ruled interfering with the goaltender would've been acceptable. Not "the call on the ice was interference, so it is overruled". That kind of ambiguity and shrugging off of an important call is simply not doing your job correctly.
That's why I think either the supervisor needs to step in and speak to them about that, or they should be replaced. That was just unacceptable in playoffs. Oh, but more so changing the standards of what's a holding penalty conveniently minutes after a Duck player does the same thing Hamilton does.