As far as Hossa's goal, I think the ref completely botched the call. He simply did not have a good enough vantage point to determine whether or not the puck completely crossed the line. He just made a guess, and from the replays it looked like that guess was wrong but with that said I'm just guessing that which means it was inconclusive. So I do agree that Toronto made the right choice by determining the play was inconclusive. We'll never know, but my feeling is that the puck did not completely cross the line.
As far as the kicking motion, it was a blatant kick, no doubt. However if you watch the replay a few times, the puck does change direction -- either the puck hit an edge or it barely touched Hossa's stick. Again, inconclusive. I'd like to believe it touched the stick, ever so slightly.
Doesn't matter though, like TCD said, the Hawks are the ones usually getting the short end of the stick so it's nice to see karma run it's course and finally get a call our way for once. I can't recall any point in the season where we have had a lucky break, but there are several times where we got the shaft.
The Hawks took advantage of that call and reaped the benefits by swinging momentum in their favor and never looking back. It's nice to see, but they need to play better, had that ref called no goal we would have lost. That said, it was nice to get a win against a team that has been on fire lately. We competed hard and it paid off, the end result is all that matters.
Besides the goal, Leddy may have had his best game as a Hawk. It was even mentioned in the chat before he scored, I think it was PSR that said something about it and minutes later he popped it in. Great to see, the kid has been very good for us all year so it was nice to see him rewarded. People may forget he is only 20.
