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Originally Posted by TheSquatch
I think the officiating in the last two years has been pretty bad, egregiously bad in many cases - the 5 minute major for the weird Pavelski incident, that kind of thing. There has to be a way to remedy this in nearly real time.
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Totally agree with this. The officiating has been worse the last couple of seasons than I can ever remember in 30+ years of watching the game. Just so many bewilderingly poor decisions. Adding to it were all the weird goalie interference calls that had a guys toe barely knicks a pad on what should be a perfectly good goal.
I've mentioned before that the NHL needs to put together a task force to get officiating figured out. Yes, its a tough game to ref, but other sports are too. There's no excuse for the level of inconsistency in the game. I don't believe the refs are bad at what they do, I just think the league has tinkered so much with rules over the years they've lost a lot of clarity on what the game is anymore.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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