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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I think his foot was still barely touching the ice when the puck crossed, and really it shouldn't matter at that point because as long as his body can possibly interfere with the play (which it could have at that point) then he should be considered offside.
This is the official wording
To me he's still in the play and I wouldn't say he's left the playing surface.
And if it's not offside it's clearly too many men, because there is no way the guys on the ice are as involved in the play as they are in that picture if the guy coming on didn't jump on way before that guy left the ice.
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I went frame by frame, to the extent I could, and when the puck crosses the blueline, his stick is away from it (and the player is not yet at the blueline). By the time he brings his stick to the puck, the other player is fully on the bench. As I said in my prior post, they have a better claim at a too many men call.
And then there is the whole , pushed the goalie into the net, discussion.