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Old 05-27-2022, 08:56 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada View Post
While I was shocked that the goal was overturned, anytime you have to go to NHL replay I feel fans should be conditioned to know that any and every outcome is possible. While the rulebook exists, it seems that interpretation of rules can vary from game to game, person to person especially with rules like this where kicking motion is something that's subjective. I feel the only way to eliminate controversies like this is to simply allow any and all goals off skates as it's the grey area rules that ruin the experience for fans that just want to see games called fairly.
Yup.

Either allow all goals off skates, or no goals off skates.

Leaving it to an individuals discretion leads to situations like this.
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