Super clean check, and Kremin looks like is waiting (not enough) for it. Both strugglin' for the ball, looks really not like a cheap (angry etc...) move, but a real "create space" strategy.
Only issue is that is not far enough or not close enough from boards.
Anyway the thread on LOBP is a good one in my opinion, cause the rules right now are not clear enough in my opinon, and we miss a real clarification about what is legal or not. We still thinks we could play checks as in hockey even if we are not wearing 10% of the protection gear they have and riding unpredictable metal horses.
I love to play check, often hard, but some of them who are still legal look like chessmate move to me and shouldn't be admit. Also i find weird that we are playing a sport where you can play a whole tournament with almost zero checks and then fall in game where people are just throwing themselves into each others. This is part of my doubt about lettin' checks legals, they are often useless and coming from nowhere (as they do in hockey, wich is stupid, as you can still crash into a player who have drop the puck since 2 seconds).
I'm always back on forth on this question and can't stop changing my mind...
@uolmo
Super clean check, and Kremin looks like is waiting (not enough) for it. Both strugglin' for the ball, looks really not like a cheap (angry etc...) move, but a real "create space" strategy.
Only issue is that is not far enough or not close enough from boards.
Anyway the thread on LOBP is a good one in my opinion, cause the rules right now are not clear enough in my opinon, and we miss a real clarification about what is legal or not. We still thinks we could play checks as in hockey even if we are not wearing 10% of the protection gear they have and riding unpredictable metal horses.
I love to play check, often hard, but some of them who are still legal look like chessmate move to me and shouldn't be admit. Also i find weird that we are playing a sport where you can play a whole tournament with almost zero checks and then fall in game where people are just throwing themselves into each others. This is part of my doubt about lettin' checks legals, they are often useless and coming from nowhere (as they do in hockey, wich is stupid, as you can still crash into a player who have drop the puck since 2 seconds).
I'm always back on forth on this question and can't stop changing my mind...