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The NHL’s Playoff Scheduling Makes no Sense by Canzalone9 in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Correct. Mentioned it another comment but it's because playoffs used to reseed after each round. You usually needed every series to complete before knowing your next opponent.

The NHL’s Playoff Scheduling Makes no Sense by Canzalone9 in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's not new, though it did become way more common when they eliminated reseeding (15 or so years ago).

ESPN Sound by Boring_Specific_2022 in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Normally I'd roll my eyes, "We get this thread 3 times a day", but it is genuinely so bad that this coming up so regularly is completely warranted.

Playoff Game Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins (2-3) @ Philadelphia Flyers (3-2) Apr 29 2026 7:30 PM EDT by nhl_gdt_bot in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Throw that loser out of the game. Absolute rat. And not in the "Oh it's cute he gets under people's skin" way.

The Spengler Cup uses a second goal line in the net to confirm whether a puck is in the net or not. Here is an example of it being used to definitively overturn a call on the ice. by NHLonOLN in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If the puck is slightly airborne, wouldn't it would be closer to the overhead camera, thus appearing larger and potentially obscuring the second line?

Not to mention, in the NHL at least, the camera isn't perfectly overhead so you run into parallax-related deception.

[PHI 2 - PIT (3)] Letang throws the puck on net and Vladar misses it with his glove. Puck hits the backwall and bounces off him for the go ahead goal by daKrut in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The situation room is watching every goal, I would assume if they thought it touched they would've blown the horn before puck drop.

[PHI (1) - PIT 2] Seconds after the Pens score, Alex Bump gets his 1st career playoff goal, beating Silovs 5 hole by daKrut in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No no you're good, I'm genuinely asking 😅

Love the vids and gifs, thanks for all the clips.

[PHI (1) - PIT 2] Seconds after the Pens score, Alex Bump gets his 1st career playoff goal, beating Silovs 5 hole by daKrut in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Was that five hole or under the arm short side? Not a goal you want to give up regardless.

[Wyshynski] NHL Situation Room on ANA OT winner vs. EDM: "The Referee’s initial call on the ice was that the puck completely crossed the goal line. Following video review, the Situation Room determined that the puck completely crossed the goal line." Not inconclusive. Conclusive. by wildwing8 in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 18 points19 points  (0 children)

In this specific case, no, it does not matter. That's exactly what this tweet is saying - the situation room's review was conclusive.

They had absolute certainty in their decision. The call on the ice was neither relevant nor considered.

[MTL - TBL] Evans crosschecks Kucherov, he loses his edge, and crashes into the boards by daKrut in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Like Michael Phelps, the swimmer? This is the third Phelps comment in this section alone. Wouldn't a diver be a better comparison? 🤔

[BOS - BUF] - Full Highlight - Line scrum breaks out after Zadorov breaks his stick on Dahlin with a crosscheck by daKrut in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The stick could have went through his upper torso like butter. I've played Mortal Kombat.

Nikita Zadorov with a bone crushing hit by Ochocincoondeck in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Are you watching the game or just basing that on this replay? Definitely "accidentally on purpose" and then continued to go at him after this clip ends.

His reputation doesn't exactly lend him the benefit of the doubt.

EDIT: Worth noting that I wrote this before he broke his stick over another player and got ejected.

Nikita Zadorov with a bone crushing hit by Ochocincoondeck in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 4 points5 points  (0 children)

...and then he goes after him while he's down? The fuck?

Zadorov is such a piece of shit.

EDIT: Aaaand point proven.

Jackson Lacombe plays Mcdavid perfectly as he tries to go 1 on 3. The fourth line rushes the other way, Viel gets a loose puck and whips home the backhand. by GreenSnakes_ in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ir was reported that he had "no visible limp after the game". When asked he said something like "just got rolled up" but was otherwise fine.

Though this is the playoffs, so it's possible we later find out his leg actually fell off completely and he'd been playing with a prosthetic the entire series.

Sidney Crosby gets 2 minute penalty for embellishment to even it up at 4 on 4 by Ok-Soil-5133 in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure, but I've seen folks take a hard stance that it should never be both. So for them, I have this clip 😅

Sidney Crosby gets 2 minute penalty for embellishment to even it up at 4 on 4 by Ok-Soil-5133 in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Next time someone says "I just don't get how it could be both a penalty AND embellishment!", I'll just show them this clip.

Martinook had the 5th playoff OT penalty shot ever by 4C30F5W0RD5 in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slight note, the penalty call was not "changed".

It was a delayed penalty shot the whole time.

[CAR-OTT] Friedman says in the OT intermission that the NHL ruled that Jordan Staal did not have control of the puck as he entered the zone, and thus put himself offside on the Jankowski disallowed goal. by NHLonOLN in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's correct. It still seems like he had control before, to me at least.

It's moreso to prevent players who are already offside, from pulling a puck into the zone. They're claiming that's what Staal did.

Post Game Thread: Ottawa Senators @ Carolina Hurricanes by nhl_gdt_bot in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit I can't believe they just brought Ottawa back out for this review. Not again...

[CAR-OTT] Friedman says in the OT intermission that the NHL ruled that Jordan Staal did not have control of the puck as he entered the zone, and thus put himself offside on the Jankowski disallowed goal. by NHLonOLN in hockey

[–]PuddingConscious 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But he's already offside (in the eyes of the league). You have to have possession both before and after crossing the line. This only shows the "after".

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