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Originally Posted by Textcritic
As far as I understand it, the call is based on whether or not you consider the play at the line a dumping (onside), or if the player had control (offside).
Rich Sutter talked about this in the second intermission, and I agree with him that this is a judgment call which goes both ways; I think most of the time that is called an offside. I think what actually happened was that the officials missed the puck coming out in real time, and at the challenge excused it on the premise that it could be interpreted as "onside" if the player chipped the puck in, and did not maintain control. All around it's a frustrating call, even if it can be justified by the rules.
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I think it more simple than that. Touching the puck in the zone during a delayed offside results in a dead play. Possession analysis is unnecessary. The puck was not touched until both players tagged up ending the delayed offside.