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Originally Posted by Coach
There are only, what, 30 NHL refs? They all have engrained biases and many are still part of this "game-management" style that goes on. I'm willing to bet there are 30 other people in the world who can be quickly brought up to speed with hard and fast lines on what penalties are and how to call them without previous habits leaking back in.
Even if not, the current group of refs have proven to be incompetent.
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Becoming an NHL official is a long process - you do actually need to work your way up the ranks and most don't get there until they are in their 30s. The best officials are already in the NHL. A fresh crew will make things hundred times worse before it gets better.