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Connor Bedard's Puzzling Statement on the Missed Offside Call against the Canucks
The Chicago Blackhawks as a group are reeling from the loss after the Vancouver Canucks came into the United Center and demolished the Hawks 6-3.
Of course, the win is being questioned as the referees missed two calls that helped the Canucks keep the advantage during the game last night.
One of which was a Danton Heinen goal, which should've been considered offside, due to Keifer Sherwood being offside.
But, instead of the NHL doing the right thing, they would later apologize to Nick Foligno instead.
Later on after the game, Charlie Roumeliotis would ask Connor Bedard about the call:
The Blackhawks would continue the game being down by 2 goals, and despite Tyler Bertuzzi and Taylor Hall's goals, nothing would keep the team in the game.
The most puzzling aspect of this all is how little Connor Bedard seems to know about the rules of the game he's been playing the majority of his life.
How do you not go through the rulebook(s) at least once or twice a year in order to keep your knowledge fresh of how the league you're a part of operates?
Regardless, there's your Calder Trophy winner!
His 61 points accounted for a lot last season, but his stance on the goal itself leaves much to be desired since Nick Foligno seemed to be the only one doing the heavy lifting in the media.
The new onside rule implemented in 2021:
With that in mind, the two parties added a new section to Rule 83.1 that eliminates the need for a player's skate to be on the ice for him to be considered onside.
That new section reads (emphasis ours):
A player is on-side when either of his skates are in contact with the blue line, or on his own side of the line, at the instant the puck completely crosses the leading edge of the blue line. On his own side of the line shall be defined by a «plane» of the blue line which shall extend from the leading edge of the blue line upwards. If a player's skate has yet to break the «plane» prior to the puck crossing the leading edge, he is deemed to be on-side for the purpose of the off-side rule.
That new section reads (emphasis ours):
A player is on-side when either of his skates are in contact with the blue line, or on his own side of the line, at the instant the puck completely crosses the leading edge of the blue line. On his own side of the line shall be defined by a «plane» of the blue line which shall extend from the leading edge of the blue line upwards. If a player's skate has yet to break the «plane» prior to the puck crossing the leading edge, he is deemed to be on-side for the purpose of the off-side rule.
As you can see above Sherwood never tagged up and was never onside from the beginning.
Another example of Gary Bettman's NHL being out of control!
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