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Originally Posted by Inferno
It's no different than saying it's completely unfair to let the refs decide whether a puck was kicked in deliberately and that every puck that goes off of a skate should be disallowed.
Like I said last night, before the rule when a puck was deliberately cleared over the glass it was pretty obvious.
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No, it is different. When pucks go in off the skate, they're looking for a deliberate kicking motion. You can deliberately put your skate in the crease or slide into the crease, but unless there is a deliberate kicking motion, you're good. This isn't the refs just "deciding" based on feeling, it's based on whether there was a kicking motion or not.
It's nice to think that it would be obvious when the puck was purposely cleared over the glass, but look at Gio's clear attempt. The puck is settled, Gio puts it over the glass. It looked completely deliberate, there was nothing in the action itself that pointed any other way, so it would be a penalty, even though we know it wasn't deliberate thanks to the situation and his reaction.