![]() ![]() If the goal is scored more than 10 seconds after a player was offside, then the defense had plenty of time to erase the advantage. Have a statute of limitations for offsides.The point of replay should be to catch something that the officials missed, not something that would have been impossible for them to see in real time with the naked eye. We’re getting way too picky if we’re going frame by frame to see if a skate was one pixel offside. To help expedite that, make the reviews no slower than half speed.If you can’t figure it out in 30-60 seconds (once you have the right angle on the play), then it’s not conclusive and the call on the ice stands. Think of those times where an arena starts celebrating a goal, only to put the party on hold for a few minutes while Toronto figures out whether the goal everyone just saw should actually count. It’s important to get a call right, but too often it ruins the flow of the game. ![]() Speaking of replay, let’s make this process better. Let’s avoid a fiasco like what happened to the Blue Jackets against Carolina earlier in the season. They could also be in review with the replay room in Toronto to coordinate those reviews. They could be in communication with the officials on the ice, and signal when they see a penalty, or something which warrants review at the next stoppage. Let’s add another official who can have a wider view of the action - without worrying about getting in the way or getting hit. There is a lot going on, and it can be too much for the four on-ice officials to see everything. With that in mind, here are some ways we can help them: Add a fifth official above the ice When I watch a game in person I’m in awe at how well they manage to stay mostly invisible during play. Not only are they having to make split-second calls in a game that is happening at a fast pace, but they have to do so while being expert skaters and avoiding getting hit by players, sticks, or pucks. Before I get to some more, let me clarify that I have a lot of respect for how difficult it is to be an NHL on-ice official. This is just one area where reform is needed, however. A team which is more often on defense and is caught out of position should be penalized more. Some teams are just better or worse at getting the calls! In hockey, a team which possess the puck more often and moves their legs more should end up with more power plays as they draw penalties. No other sport seeks this kind of penalty balanced. Veillette also wrote about the Peel incident, and I suggest you read both articles.īottom line: it’s absurd that this is a thing in hockey, and even more absurd that it’s been accepted for so long as just being part of the game. ![]() Jeff Veillette of The Faceoff Circle wrote about this phenomenon earlier this season, showing that a team like Columbus neither takes nor draws many penalties, while a team like Toronto is on the high end of both. ![]() Peel’s remark confirms what fans and observers of the league have long known: officials try to avoid a lopsided assignment of penalties within a game, meaning that some late-game infractions go uncalled or instead they call some ticky-tack stuff to “even things out.” “It wasn’t much but I wanted to get a fuckin’ penalty against Nashville early in the…” #Preds #LGRW /6fZImkdqLr Maybe if you’re a mic’d up ref, you shouldn’t express how you wanted to call a penalty against a team earlier in the game, changing how you ref the rest of the game. The National Hockey League is facing a major crisis regarding the integrity of its in-game officiating, following a hot mic incident involving referee Tim Peel (apologies for language): ![]()
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