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Originally Posted by Wolven
Guentzel didn't even handle the puck. He got into reach of the puck and immediately tapped the puck left for the break away. At the time that he moved the puck, Tkachuk was more than 15 feet away (and they were moving in the same direction toward the Panthers net).
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You contradict yourself here. Did he not handle the puck or did he tap the puck to make a pass to a teammate?
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Originally Posted by Wolven
With the puck already gone, Guentzel is just past the center dot and Tkachuk was outside of the advertising text that is outside of the line of the faceoff circle turning to make his hit. 15+ feet away and he had to change direction to close the gap and then make his hit. Granted, he did close the gap quickly... but that only makes the situation worse considering the distance and timing.
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For two objects traveling approximately 15 miles per hour it would take approximately 0.34 seconds for the two objects to collide over a 15 foot distance.
I don't understand your argument as to how something occurring quickly over a short distance "makes things worse"? If anything, that gives more justification that it was a legal hit. Quite the opposite is true, if more time had gone by then that would, in fact, be worse.