To be fair on the last replay it looked like the pad made contact with the skates.
I don't think it did make contact but it looked like it.
Oh he for sure made contact. I don’t understand how you call that a trip on a goalie who’s trying to make a save. He went for a kick save, but no shot was taken. So then it’s natural mechanics to straighten your leg when leaning back to get that paddle down. To not ruin your knee.
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57.1 Tripping – A player shall not place the stick, knee, foot, arm, hand or elbow in such a manner that causes his opponent to trip or fall. Accidental trips which occur simultaneously with a completed play will not be penalized. Accidental trips occurring simultaneously with or after a stoppage of play will not be penalized.
I think the reffing this year has been as bad or worse than any season I can remember. Ridiculous penalties, inconsistency, obvious called missed. The usual stuff but cranked to 11 in terms of frequency.
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Watching the Jets we've been penalized twice in overtime games for legit calls. Fine. Last night twice in the same shift a player is hauled down in overtime and then tripped in the offensive zone. Nothing. You can't have it on some nights then put them away the others. Its ridiculous. I watch the soft crap the "star" players on some teams get called and then there is clearly another book for every other team.
I'm not sure if that's worse than the missed trip in OT against the Preds but it's pretty bad...
It's just weird, though. They look at a bunch of things that they have to know are penalties and think, "nah, not that one, they just had a power play", or whatever. But then they call that? If you're a referee who lives in the mindset of game management - and they all do - why would you call that trip against a team trailing by a goal with under 3 minutes left in the third unless you're actively trying to decide the game?
NHL refereeing is usually bad but it's primarily the result of the mandate to manage games mixed in with occasional incompetence. That call doesn't fit at all.
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I think the reffing this year has been as bad or worse than any season I can remember. Ridiculous penalties, inconsistency, obvious called missed. The usual stuff but cranked to 11 in terms of frequency.
I feel like I have said this for the past 10 years consecutively. However, I agree that things seem to have taken a quantum leap (dive) into the toilet this year.
And it isn't just the inconsistency (which is at an all-time low) but it is also the types of things they are calling - silly little ticky-tacky things have become automatic calls, while the egregious, game-affecting infractions are not.
