Jael, you shut your filthy mouth.

Jael, you shut your filthy mouth.

Jael, you shut your filthy mouth.

didnt have to touch the puck for the crease rule to be in effect.

hulls goal, ive always argued, is goaltender interference. take a closer look, haseks stick is blocked by hulls skate, thus, he cant poke it away. by old rules, intereference.

no, atl, it was not legal. the changed rule is, he kicked the puck to himself, a rule not in the rule book, just as well, hull was still there before the puck. the rebound left the crease, while he was still in it. a rebound is not puck control.

The rebound alone wasn't puck control, but according to the rules at the time (I don't know if this particular rule has changed because the things I have looked up concerning that goal have never mentioned it), he had possession because he took the initial shot and then got his own rebound. Not only that, but he dragged the puck over to the side he shot from with his stick and proceeded to kick it back to himself after that to put into position to shoot. Even if that hadn't been his rebound, he still would have had possession because of that. If the Stars had been called for a penalty, the whistle would have been blown to begin it before he shot the puck a second time.

I'm probably the only Sabres fan alive that thinks that that goal was within the rules. The fact that they hadn't been calling goals like that correctly all year doesn't make that one illegal.

Glad they got rid of that rule, though.

no. they hadnt called goals like that goals all year. they were waved off. it was black and white. if you were in the crease, and the puck wasnt, no goal. no ifs ands or buts about it. that possession rule is a complete fabrication that never was in the books, or ever called like that till this instance. it wasnt a goal by the rule book.

not only that, but by hulls illegally placed skate, it prevented hasek from poking the puck away, AKA, goaltender interference at the time.

im sorry, but you are wrong.

Unless the puck is in the goal crease area, a player of the attacking side may not stand in the goal crease. If a player has entered the crease prior to the puck, and subsequently the puck should enter the net while such conditions prevail, the apparent goal shall not be allowed.

but then the puck left the crease. and was no in possession. why do you think this is considered the worst blown call in the history of the game? why, when asked about it, many star players only shrugged, and said "no comment"

in the 10 years after, all we hear about is the rule that was created and never notified. nor in the rule book was their anything about the puck leaving said crease. all prior plays similar to this goal were all waived off. its not a goal.