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Old 11-20-2023, 02:43 PM   #565
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Clumsy and risky from Cristante but I actually don't think there was much contact.

Mudryk falls to avoid the leg but don't think contact is actually made. Which is actually bad BY Mudryk because if he just plows right into the leg it's probably called a PK.

Drives me crazy when players do that. Don't avoid the contact and then try to draw the call. Just plow right through the leg, fall over, and then you'll get the call.

Edit: I've watched it more times than I care to admit now and that's probably 50/50 and surprised VAR didn't take a look. In the end I think Mudryk makes a heavy touch regardless, Cristante is stupid to leave his foot in, but Mudryk actually avoids the contact, and then embellishes to try to draw the foul. In the end if Mudryk doesn't jump/fall to try to avoid the contact, and just lets his trailing leg plow right into Cristante then it's probably easily called a penalty. With how the play actually plays out though I think the ref thought he dove, which he did, but he dove to avoid the contact.

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