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Originally Posted by tvp2003
This is a good point, but even the dictionary definitions of "propel" would include a "redirection using existing inertia" like what we saw last night:
The rule also says nothing about "direction of the player/skate", inertia of the puck, and whether there is a change of direction. If that's the criteria they should clarify it in the rule instead of making it ambiguous.
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It's a very gray area of the rule book, but the 5 criteria I listed came directly from Senior VP of the NHL Mike Murphy.