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Originally Posted by bubbsy
Nhl refs suck. Happy to see them get some scrutiny. I really wonder what the employee review procedures are within that org, so if incidents like this put a greater magnifying glass over this regroup, great.
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My initial reaction was much like everyone else, that it was ridiculous for Prust to say that publicly. But prust's part aside, after watching the full video, at face value that does appear to have been a very unprofessional altercation that led to the extra minor.
If you compare it to police officers; they're job is to decide if an infraction has occurred and then call it. If a police officer went back to a citizen's car after giving them a ticket and started swearing at them and pointing their finger aggressively in their face, then waited for the person to react and went "That's it you're getting another one!!!!", it'd be ridiculous.
I realize the cop analogy is a little extreme, but I see the ref's role as the same in that they should mostly just monitor the action and make calls that they notice. I get the game management angle, but to me following a player into the box and continuing to berate him in a clearly frustrated and angry manner, then wait for him to react and then tack on two?
I use to get those types of reactions from beer league refs when I was either a) drunk or b) taking beer league hockey too seriously. But to me that's a beer league style of officiating and NHL refs shouldn't get upset at something said and then follow the player and get into his face and start yelling and then make a call out of frustration.
