Hey there! I managed to get two more clips and I'd like to show them as well.
The first clip is something that doesn't happen very often but it does happen from time to time and I think that it can result in goals against. Now I want to emphasize that I'm not 100% sure Faber would have gotten to the puck anyway, but definitely missed a poke when his stick somehow got stuck inside his own body.
The second clip with MacKinnon's stick just bouncing off and not causing the puck to get loose, this really is the exact scenario that I have the biggest issues with. If you want me to, I'll try and get some more clips but that pokecheck with MacKinnon not working caused me to give up a goal with just 5 seconds left in the game as he was able to make a pass to the circle and then pass it cross ice for a one timer. This wouldn't have happened if MacKinnon had gotten this poke and had gotten the breakaway. This second clip is truly one of the biggest sources of frustration for me and I honestly would love to know what else I'm supposed to do here. I felt like I timed my poke perfectly and yet get no reward for it. No loss of possession, no loose puck, nothing. Even if it had just forced the puck over the blue line and forced a new zone entry, that would have been enough to push the game into overtime at the very least.
Community ManagerI'm not sure what your concern with the first clip is. The D should have dropped back instead of pushing up to the faceoff dot. That would have given them a better chance at defending that play.
MacKinnon's poke looks like it was off target. I'm not really seeing any issues here.
That happens more than it should look at the clips again when Mac should've made thst poke the stick hits the blade it does nothing ,because he doesn't have some stupid xfactor for poke checks, the op isn't the only person that has sent this type of clip before
C'mon man, NHL players dont have handeye like your grandma.
Are you absolute positive that this video is what you viewed? You can CLEARLY see as Faber's stick clips through his own body, delaying when he can physically pokecheck.
As for MacKinnon, stick-on-stick contact essentially tip of the blade against the blade. What do you want me to do there then? I'm going to need a video because I don't know anymore.
I am asking you, honestly: Please stop insulting my intelligence. MacKinnon's poke was off target? Really?
Community ManagerAre you absolute positive that this video is what you viewed? You can CLEARLY see as Faber's stick clips through his own body, delaying when he can physically pokecheck.
The stick touches the skate of the shooter after the shot is taken. I don't see how this is causing a delay with pokechecking.
As for MacKinnon, stick-on-stick contact essentially tip of the blade against the blade. What do you want me to do there then? I'm going to need a video because I don't know anymore.
I'm not seeing where the blades are touching. They look close, but the replay would need to be zoomed in more to know for sure. To me, it looks like the stick is pulled back to make the pass at the same time MacKinnon's stick comes close.
You're absolutely positive that in this screenshot, right in front of the net, Faber isn't having his stick clip through his body? You're absolutely positive that this is a normal direction for his stick to go when someone presses R1 to poke the puck? Up and through the body, to the opposite direction of the puck/stick you would logically poke otherwise?
And in this screenshot, you're absolutely positive that MacKinnon makes zero contact with the stick blade and that as the stick blade is being pushed ahead to make the pass, MacKinnon's stick shouldn't have interfered with that whatsoever? I mean I'm just trying to get some clarification here because honestly, if this isn't how pokechecking is supposed to work then I'm going to have to stop playing the game because then pokechecking works in a different way than what I've watched guys like Duncan Keith, Patrice Bergeron and Aleksander Barkov do it.
In 25 this would have knock the puck loose
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