Man, what a great game for the Flames. Considering the concerns about this team being 'soft' I am really glad that the Flames both rang the bell and answered it with regards to the stuff that happened last game. AND Prout did not even get involved.
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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Forgetting about the actual argument, consistently and rarity have nothing to do with each other. Just because something's rare doesn't mean it's inconsistent. What a strange assertion.
A ref could call a penalty 100% of the time a goalie plays the puck over center ice.
It might only happen once a decade, making it exceedingly rare, but it is called consistently.
I'm saying that it's rare for coaches to argue for 35+ seconds after an icing call about who's on the ice with the refs. Again, at least according to the ref, when he blew the whistle the Flames still didn't appear to have the right player on. He was sick of their bull####, which I wouldn't blame him for (if he was right, not sure who was).
Yes, like the disadvantage of being called for a delay of game if you won't get out the right players quick enough.
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I like this attempt to stick to your guns in the argument but the example is a complete miss.
How many times does a goalie cross centre ice to play the puck? Never.
How many icing calls are there in the NHL in a given season? Over 12,710 (assuming 10+ icing calls per game and I feel confident that number should be much higher)
Teams are constantly pushing against the 'reasonable amount of time to get back to the faceoff dot after an icing' but the officials decide to dust this rule off 0.02% of the time. That stat speaks a lot more to the than your guesswork that the Flames were over-the-top in this act and thus justified this subjective call being made.
If you take your stopwatch with you to other games I am sure you will find many other faceoffs that happen close to or later than 35 seconds past the icing whistle that do not garner a penalty.
Anyway, I would love to see the NHL take steps to remove the subjectivity away from these officials. The are very consistent in making the wrong call in a large number of situations with no true accountability.