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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
I've said it before and I'll say it again; as long as dinosaurs like Bettman, Campbell and Bill Daley are the guys running the show, the league is going to be stuck in this old-school mentality of thinking. Until those guys are retired out and fresh blood is brought in to give new perspectives and ideas, this is what we are stuck with.
Players, management and fans have been up in arms about officiating for years now. It's very clearly something that needs to be addressed and IMO the way things are now is driving potential and current fans away.
When you have countless people complaining about the product a company provides, a good company takes that to heart to better themselves. To see what can be done to address it and to continuously improve the product.
But this doesn't happen in the NHL. For whatever reason officiating is completely off limits when it comes to adjustments or potentially looking at ways to improve it. It also likely has something to do with the ref's union wanting to maintain the status quo. But clearly something needs to be done about it.
Good on Torts. But I'm glad he has the balls to call it like it is. Those are some massive fines. But I guess it's more important for the league to 'crackdown' on people calling out the league versus actually improving the product. Unless there is something I've missed over the past couple years, internally addressing the officiating issue seems to have done SFA.
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You think Team Owners and management want a parade to the box every game?
The officiating is the way it is because its what the Owners want. They want close games, they want game management, and they don't want heavy amount of penalties called. The NHL just takes the brunt of it for the teams.
Its not going to change till the owners want it changed.