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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Please insert a chip that is detectable when it crosses the goal line between the posts. No more "did it really cross the line? This angle yes, that angle no. This isn't 2004 any longer. Having that in 2004 could have potentially rewritten part of the Cup's history. Not having it now is just incompetence.
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Well over a decade ago, a guy in his garage invented a net with sensors that would light up like a Christmas tree when the puck crossed the goal line. (Literally. His prototype used a string of Christmas lights.) I believe it was designed to work with the same sensors they put in the puck for that abysmal FoxTrax glowing-puck novelty back in the day.
You are quite right, there is absolutely no excuse for not doing this. The players are chipped, the pucks are chipped, everything on the ice is being followed in pinpoint detail, and for crying out loud, the machines certainly know where the net is.