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Originally Posted by Inferno
The puck doesn't always have to be unsettled for it to look accidental. Regardless of his reaction it was pretty obvious he was trying to bounce it off the glass and got it too high. Before the rule I've seen gassed players take the puck and flick it as high as they can with no attempt to bounce it off the glass. That's deliberate.
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"Pretty obvious" haha. Right. So you think the height of the puck is the difference between deliberate and not deliberate? If they changed the rule to be discretionary based on the height of the puck guys could just aim for the top of the glass every time without worry.
The kicking rule is based off a kicking motion, so if this is no different, we'd be looking at the action, not the result (which is what would cause us to look at the action).
Kicking the puck in is still a no-goal even if the kicking motion might not be deliberate. Guys don't have to attempt a soccer kick to have the goal disallowed, but you think they're no different and are calling for discretion that would eliminate all but the most painfully obvious examples? Clearly, you do think they should be different. Because if the rule were treated the same as kicking in the puck, Gio's would be a penalty.