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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Regarding the Lucic hit - 'maybe a bit late'? Not at all. The clips are in slow motion and even then it wasn't late. Lucic begins his hit while the puck is on McDavid's stick.
The only reason it looks at all late (other than the slo-mo) is that McDavid pulls away from Lucic, which kind of extends the length of time that Lucic is approaching him.
Completely clean hit. The penalty was because he was the only guy that dropped their mitts. And it was a time in the game where the refs were calling the next one on the Flames.
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I don't think that's why it was a bit late at all - the play was (I think) offside and the whistle clearly goes before the Lucic hit.. but he was already leaning into the hit when the whistle goes and it would be impossible for him to stop at that point. It was absolutely a perfectly clean hit and it was ridiculous that Kane didn't get two for roughing as well as he clearly through a punch an Lucic.