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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I hope the NHL goes back to the drawing board with replay this summer. This was IMO the worst season every for officiating and I believe that replay played highlighted everything that is wrong with NHL officiating. Like the officiating crews night to night replay there was zero consistency in rulings. What's goaltender interference on one replay is not in another. What's offside taking away one goal is not conclusive on another. Multi-tiered rules for star players and organizations. It seems like some organizations never get any breaks while others seemingly can do no wrong. Officials not calling obstruction on obvious plays. The officials that rather let them play than do their job and call penalties. The lame habit of fabricating make up calls. The offside rule needs to be changed from what's reviewable and goaltender interference needs black or white criteria so if a goaltender is touched in the crease it's no goal as right now you have no idea. The quick whistles have been a problem for years now and IMO they need to train officials to refrain from blowing the whistle if they are at an angle that obstructs them from seeing where the puck could be and rely on the other official if they have a better angle as this league needs more goals not less.
I never thought I would see the say where another professional sport could give the CFL a run for worst officiating but it's hard to imagine the CFL doing a worse job than the NHL officiating over the 2016/17 season and playoffs. There has to be a lot of traditional non-hockey fans that watched these playoffs wondering what the hell was going on with these offside calls and goaltender interference calls or non-calls going back to the first round. If your plan is to grow your sport into non-traditional markets you can't have fans scratching their heads and questioning what is going on. Just a terrible year for NHL officiating. Terrible!
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or just make replays transparent.
Why can't the people in the arena see the review while it's going on?
Why can't we at home and those in the arena listen to the discussion between refs and the control center? IIHF you can hear refs talk in their thick German accents.