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Originally Posted by Hektore
11/19 Pens vs Canes, pens 4th goal. Skip ahead to 1:08
Seems to me the whistle blows before the puck crosses the line, do they not get sound in Toronto or did I miss something or is it too close to call? - If the last is the case, how does it overrule the on Ice call?
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I call that the Crosby effect. I've seen that same play kill a goal in dozens of games just because the ref
intended to blow the whistle, much less when he actually did. But the league (read: Bettman) loves Crosby, and by proxy the Penguins, and will do anything to get them winning.
And as far the Staal/Stajan hit, I can't go with you on this one. The slowmo clearly shows Staal bending down and then exploding into Stajan's head with the shoulder and upper arm. If he had simply skated through Stajan body to body, or even hip checked him, thats a great hit. But in my opinion, he was going for Stajan's head all the way. But Stajan certainly didn't help matters by ogglin his own pass.
Either way, Staal's not getting anything from the league on this one.