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Originally Posted by Shoes
From the second angle you posted I can’t determine when Nichuskin officially tags up- it’s a convoluted mess. I can see what you are inferring though that by absolute luck the puck isn’t touching Makar’s blade when he enters the zone.
In my opinion the “tag-up” offside and the “delayed” offside rules should be written the same. If a player is deemed to have possession when entering the zone- it’s offside. This would still allow players the ability to lift their stick for a second or two to wait for players to tag up if they wanted, but in this instance eliminates the play where it is pure fluke that the puck isn’t touching a players stick when he enters the zone.
Agree to disagree here and looking forward to game 2.
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To be fair, the rules WERE exactly the same until a couple of years ago when they change it to ALLOW a player to enter "offsides" if they were the one who possessed the puck (e.g., if they're skating backwards). Prior to that, possession wasn't a part of the offsides rules at all. In other words, this situation has always been legal - it's the other type of offsides that has recently changed.