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Originally Posted by Robbob
The ref should have looked at that as part of the review. So there would not have been any point challenging that because in the refs opinion he didn't think it touched a toronto player after.
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Plus I think the rule still covers an indirect hand pass, so it can bounce off anything and still be called. For example a guy behind the net could bat the puck to the front of the net and therefore give his team an advantage as a result even if it bounces off a bunch of bodies first.
The question is whether there was an advantage gained in this case, and that's what I question. The puck grazed off of Coleman's finger and randomly went between a Flame and a Leaf at the blue line - a 50 50 opportunity for either to play the puck and Tavares maybe got there first. No advantage was gained IMO.