[News] Tortorella Kicked Out and Refuses to Leave: Suspended 2 Games & Fined $50k

[Chingas]

I wonder if the refs could keep tacking delay of game penalties on until he leaves the bench? At that point a 5 minute major for delay of game is in order.

Like the refs or not. Pretty much always not, you can't defy thier orders it makes for an even greater mockery of the game.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by Chingas

I wonder if the refs could keep tacking delay of game penalties on until he leaves the bench? At that point a 5 minute major for delay of game is in order.

Like the refs or not. Pretty much always not, you can't defy thier orders it makes for an even greater mockery of the game.

There is no such thing.

However there is nothing to prevent them from giving out multiple delay of game minors though as far as i know.

Had that display gone on much longer though, im guessing Torts would have been getting a call on the bench from his boss on a 3 way chat with the league office.

[Shazam]

Dude's going to have a heart attack on the bench.

[Backstop]

Apply the rules equally to both teams on the ice and this doesn't happen.

[Mr.Coffee]

The NHL doesn’t have any integrity and Torts should know this by now. I get the frustration but nothings changing until Bettman and friends move on.

The refs should be audited and or evaluated somehow with results made public. At least pretend there is some integrity in the officials and officiating and that this isn’t some WWE cosplay like it appears to be some nights. Especially crazy the way the league is officiated to me when sports gambling is continuing to grow and be so intricately involved. Just too much money at stake to have such pre-determined outcomes in officiating, and so to have zero accountability for officials or officiating really makes you wonder what is actually going on.

Is this hockey or more like a fixed game show?

[Chingas]

Originally Posted by transplant99

There is no such thing.

However there is nothing to prevent them from giving out multiple delay of game minors though as far as i know.

Had that display gone on much longer though, im guessing Torts would have been getting a call on the bench from his boss on a 3 way chat with the league office.

I understand that there is no such thing, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it added at some time in the future. It'll be the Torts rule.

[D as in David]

[QUOTE=Chingas;9028313]I understand that there is no such thing, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it added at some time in the future. It'll be the Torts rule.[/QUOTE]

Tort law.

[saillias]

Man needs to control his self righteousness already. Always fuming about some slight or unfair treatment that is the biggest offense that has ever happened to anyone.

[renny]

Originally Posted by saillias

Man needs to control his self righteousness already. Always fuming about some slight or unfair treatment that is the biggest offense that has ever happened to anyone.

Say what you will about him... I'd play my heart out for a coach like him. I think a lot of players that played for him would also agree.

[Rick M.]

Originally Posted by saillias

Man needs to control his self righteousness already. Always fuming about some slight or unfair treatment that is the biggest offense that has ever happened to anyone.

I think of him as what Jack Edwards would have become as a coach instead of a broadcaster.

[Since1984]

Hold referees accountable for the calls they make and give them the same scrutiny as the players playing the game. Each referee should be publicly graded by an NHL person/department and have to answer to the media/public the way players are.

[Redrum]

50000 for yelling at a guy that deserves it. 5000 max for surprise assault.

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Redrum

50000 for yelling at a guy that deserves it. 5000 max for surprise assault.

Union rules.

The officials' union exists to protect the officials from any form of accountability. If anybody crosses them, they all down tools and walk. It's happened before.

The NHLPA exists to protect goons from the consequences of physically wrecking their fellow union members. If anybody crosses them, they file a grievance, which goes nowhere. Then the issue goes away until the next round of CBA negotiations, at which point the PA forgets everything but the Benjamins.