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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Yeah I don't think it's bias, it's just incompetence.
The issue is that this type of thing makes sports less fun for fans. And improvements in things like replay technology are shining more of a spotlight on it.
It is true that the better team won the series. But it is irrelevant to this discussion. At a critical moment in the series the wrong call was made.
The most damning evidence is the large number of goals people can find where the goal was similar or even more of a kick, and it counted.
That's what the NHL should have to explain. How can those count and this one not?
You want officials to have minimum influence on an outcome. Last night they had a massive one. And that's failure on the NHL's part.
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No sorry strongly disagree. They aren’t getting off the hook this time.
I would not use the word “bias” I would use the phrase “coercing a desired outcome”. They aren’t “biased” against the Flames but they absolutely are managing the sport to achieve specific outcomes intended for a variety of financial benefiting reasons.
Rigged- is a better descriptor. You’d have to be willfully trying to avoid this consideration at this point to not admit this, and it’s not just based off of the worst no goal call in NHL history like we saw last night. Dino put it well in the other thread, this isn’t tinfoil hat conspiracy theory territory anymore. Like, why does everyone go out of their way to admit reality? Because it is disgusting.