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Originally Posted by chedder
I'll concede he was bent at the waist, but so is everyone in that shot. I don't think he came down to the stick. The stick went up to his face as he was turning to go to the play. Huberdeau's stick is pretty close to shoulder height in that screen shot.
Anyway, my point, and opinion is it was a careless infraction that could have been avoided. One that will always get called when 2 refs are right there on the opening face-off. I don't agree that 9 out of 10 refs would let that go.
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And his head is dipped down.
But no worries, I wasn't suggesting it wasn't a penalty. Just more bad luck than careless.