Let me preface this by saying the Flames played awful tonight. Low battle level, lazy offensive zone penalties and a lack of shooting at the right time cost them. You knew this game was eventually coming after being badly outshot in the previous games. Mike Smith got left out to dry.
That said, this new faceoff rule is the dumbest thing the NHL has instituted in a long time. It's so arbitrary that it isn't even funny; there were serval instances where we got waived out for moving slightly, and then next time we did the same thing and the puck was dropped. It's nothing more than a power trip by linesmen to be more relevant in the game besides calling offsides and icings. We better start "understanding" this dumb nuance in the game or else it's going to start costing us more.
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