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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Maybe a lawyer can step in but that's not conclusive. In CFL or NFL if a player crosses the goal line in a mess of players with the ball under him, no TD call on the field despite the fact the ball is obviously over the line due to his body positioning, replay will not overturn if they can't see the ball relative to the goal line as to them it's not conclusive that the ball crossed the line. Same in this case. You are simply assuming that; a) it definitely was contacted at his shoulder height and b) that his shoulder height was above the cross bar because you can clearly see he's leaning in the first picture which means his shoulders are not at standing height. Simply too many variables to call it conclusive without the crossbar being in the picture.
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It's a hockey game, not a capital murder trial. You don't need lawyers to argue this out.
Nobody is assuming that the puck was contacted at shoulder height or that his shoulder was above the cross bar. We can see it happen, and when you see something happen, you aren't making an assumption. There's simply no way in reality that stick was 3-4 feet off the ice.
It was a ridiculous call. These things happen and you gotta move on, but it was wrong.