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Originally Posted by Gaudfather
When you watch the replay you can see the right leg of Kakko sweep into the pads of DeSmith. He didn’t try to avoid contact. That was the issue.
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I don't agree. To my eyes Kakko was on a path that wasn't going to collide with the goalie before he was pushed, which happened really when he was almost on the goalie. At worst he didn't react fast enough. That's not enough for me to agree that there's was something he should've/could've done but didnt.
To me the expectation the ref put on the players ability to react there was ridiculous. Dubious call at best, and ended up basically flipping the game.
Bad call. IMO.