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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The problem with video replay - which is an inevitabiilty for potential major penalties at this point - is that history informs us that things will only get worse. We added coach's challenges to defend against egregious mistakes. The reality is that it is instead used for hail mary challenges and in the case of goalie interference, there is literally nothing approaching a consistent standard. It will be the same with penalty reviews. We will all be bitching about how slow, confusing and pointless penalty reviews are by game 40.
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But they saw the issues presented by the offside replays and introduced a rule to cut back on those calls where people were splitting an atom to determine if the skate blade was down and the number of offside challenges went down because of the threat of taking a penalty for a call that may not go your way suddenly wasn't worth it.
If someone wants to challenge a call then do the same thing. If you're sure the refs missed the call then make the challenge and risk the penalty. If it looks like a 50/50 thing then most coaches aren't going to risk going down a man (or maybe 2 men if they're challenging a call against their team).
I think the current system sucks and officiating isn't consistent. But no change to the system is going to go smoothly and without introducing new issues. However, I think the league can adapt to the realities of the game as it changes and address potential problems as they come up.