Tuesday night in Denver, Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon was assessed a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for goaltender interference in a violent collision in the crease with Edmonton Oilers goalie Connor Ingram, who was forced to leave the game due to injury. The DLLS Stars crew breaks down the play and debates whether the on-ice referees, in conjunction with the NHL Situation Room, were correct in ejecting MacKinnon from the game and whether the Avalanche forward will face and supplemental discipline.
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Oh weird Dallas folk talking about the Avalanche again. It’s like we live rent free in your heads or something lol
Wow non bias.
Avalanche fan here. the whole frustration for Bednar, Avalanche players, Avalanche fans, and I know many other players and fans across the NHL is no consistency on goalie interference calls. nobody knows what is goalie interference because it is called differently every time it seems. the Avs have had quite a few goals not count when they thought they did the right thing, based on previous instances, only to have the call go the other way. I'm sure the same for other teams as well. NHL, clarify and fix the rule. that's all we ask.
(Not saying that you are) but to watch that play and call for mackinnons head is down right stupid to me. It’s horrible I hope Ingram is okay. But don’t tell hockey players to go to the hard ice. We watch a violent fast sport and telling them “stay within the speed limit” is so bad for the game…
It was wrong it wasn’t dirty we took it and we lost we should not have lost
Should Mac have been penalized? Yes. You live on the edge and it can come with consequences. BUT, Nurse did impact this play. Mac was not intentionally trying to run over the goalie. So, in my mind, it should’ve been a 2-minute minor. Or a double minor at the most. But I don’t know the rules around how penalties can be issued. But a 5 minute major? No. Def not a game misconduct.
Maybe I need to watch more Mac play. I do think he plays on the edge but I wouldn’t call it reckless. Reckless would have been Mac hitting the goalie without being pushed by Nurse. Then I would have agreed he was reckless.
"live on the edge." So, essentially, players playing the fastest sport on ice on earth should be expected to slow down when near a goalie? Let's say he slows down and Nurse still checks him into the goalie. What about standing still and gets checked? What about breathing in the goalies direction and he goes down? Still a penalty? Doesn't make any sense. Injuries are going to happen, and more folks than just the goalie could've been injured on the play. If I'm driving on the freeway and someone hits my car into another car, I would think the driver that hit me and caused the collision is at fault, no?
People saying that he was playing on the edge and he should get punished is wild. I hate Colorado so much but that's a bad call. The moment you add that well if nurse…. No penalty he would never have hit the goalie if not for nurse. We can't give out penaltys for players playing hard that's dumb, if McKinnon had hit him with no contact from nurse, then yes book him but he didn't.
Without Nurse hitting McKinnon, this isn't a thing. Funny, how it works when an offensive player is forced into the crease by a defensive player, it's almost always a non issue. This was an embarrassing call for the NHL.
Should not even be a penalty if you get pushed in by other team period. This just make more people want to push people into their own goalie so they can draw penalties and break up plays. This is going to create more injuries. If I am walking by and I get pushed by someone else into another person and they are seriously injured I am not responsible I was just walking minding my own business. The responsible party is the person who pushed me into someone else. The analogy about speeding is completely inept because it leaves out the fact that you were hit by someone else. If you are speeding and someone T-Bones you and that causes you to hit another car it is mostly the responsibility of the car which initiated the accident which in this analogy is Nurse. Guy in the blue hat is an idiot who has to alter his analogy to justify his incorrect conclusions.
Recklessness has nothing to do with this either. I could even make the case that Nurse was being Reckless pushing another player into his own goalie. Recklessness should be shown as a stat in penalties per game. You either are reckless and break a rule or you do not. Everyone is trying to play on the edge that is what makes the game for most top end competitive contact sports. These rules make sense for the minor leagues and fun leagues but the top end most competitive league where players are paid millions per year, they are expected to push the envelope and bounds of what is possible. There are risks with that and every player playing at that level knows and accepts those risks. What are we even doing if you are asking the players in the NHL to slow down? Sounds absolutely crazy to me.
If Mackinnon hits the goalie without contact from Nurse then I would say it is a good penalty but that is not this situation.
Sorry Nicole wasn't right should have been a 2 and a 2 the defenseman led to the damn collision with the goalie you guys are morons
Dude in purple hat is completely lost 😂 anyone with a brain can see that was a blown call and nurses fault entirely
Hockey has a speed limit?!? Where are those signs posted
Nurse pushed Nate into the goaltender with more intention than Nate hit the goaltender with intention. Two minutes max.
2 min minor imo as Nurse being there gave him no chance to escape hitting him. Bang bang play no intent obviously even Stars fans realize that. Move on ducks he got hurt hope he is ok. AVS fan though fyi that was first game misconduct in the nhl in over 900 games. See you guys soon in playoffs. Thanks for a non bias look at this.
I'm convinced that MacKinnon is an android. His facial expression is the same weather he gets a game winning goal or a game misconduct.
I appreciate the more nuanced views here, but the driving analogy is missing most of the issue. Sure, if you hit someone, its your fault. But if you get T-boned into someone else (like, say, a player entirely cutting off your route to exit the crease, and redirects you into the goalie), thats someone else being what sparked a collision