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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
excuse me?
In The Athletic’s (subscription required) 2020 players poll Peel was ranked the second worst referee in the NHL."
he's been horrible for years.
this from 2015
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...6rO_jU1fkpUJb7
and also talked about :
In talking to Peel, you start to see a pattern: The NHL asks its officials to manage the game a certain way, and they have to do it.
all Peel is doing is being a good company man. he's been managing games for years, and admits it. |
Thanks, that’s a good article and gives good insight into Tim Peel
The NHL wants crackdowns at certain times and wants game management
He didn’t say on the hot mic why he felt he needed to give Nashville a penalty early, but I don’t doubt there was context
Probably context everyone would complain about anyhow
I read Kerry Fraser’s book as well. I find it interesting the job these guys do. It is unfortunately not as simple as calling things 100 percent by the rule book 100 percent of the time. And it is thankless