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Originally Posted by ComixZone
I disagree with this. Rules are what provides the structure for the sport to shine. Having it as a black and white rule is the way it was written, they can just better confirm what was and wasn't offside now - and that's a good thing.
I mean...you'd think Flames fans would understand this desire more than others. It's a game of inches, and getting the right call - down to the inch, to the cm - it's important. It's cold and hard, but it means that no mistakes happen.
If your argument is about "that's not the spirit of the rule" well...if you want to talk about the spirit of rules, rather than rules, you have to be fine with what we have now. A game being ruined by referees controlling the spirit of the game by managing how they call the game. It's bad, and it's wrong.
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in that case, then instead of taking away reviews, they should continue adding to it until like you said, every inch of play is scrutinized to make sure it's perfectly exact. for example, all line changes should be challengeable by coaches, to ensure that the player coming off the bench does not hit the ice even one tenth of a second before the incoming player tags up. also on icing calls, they should be able to review the defenceman's exact fitness level and maximum theoretical skating speed for their shift length at the time to determine whether they really could have caught up to the puck or not. after all, it is as you say, a game of inches.