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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
NHL officiating has always been the league's weak link but by the book it was the right call to overturn. At the end of the day it's just one of 82 games and every team will have a few losses during the season based on a crummy rule or poor officiating. Flames also aren't the only team that has been jobbed in the Stanley Cup finals as Sabres fans can attest. It's just the way things go in sports sometimes and it sucks to be on the wrong side of it but I don't understand the need for this thread as it's the kind of woe is me thread I would expect on an Oilers, Canucks, or Leafs forum. The team blew a 2 goal lead at the end of the day and have nobody to blame but themselves for losing the game. One good thing about being a Flames fan is that I feel we conduct ourselves better than some other Canadian fanbases. Lets not change that and become a bunch of whiners that blame everyone else for the state of our team.
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I think it's a fair criticism to say the calling off of goals over things that nobody even knew happened, had zero impact on the play, and require a 5 minute stoppage for ultra slow mow replays has sucked some of the excitement out of scoring goals.
Here is an easy fix. If you challenge and are overturned the other team is awarded an extra goal. No team is going to challenge anything unless it's incredibly obvious. Unfortunately the only way the league will do it is if McDavid gets credit for those goals league wide. It's so stupid that they would probably consider it.