confirmed: NHL Officiating is Garbage: Example #1209841

CBJ-CAR game is tied 3-3 with 1:15 left in the 2nd. Trocheck scores for Carolina. Columbus challenges for offside, and the refs said the goal counts. Columbus has to kill a penalty for the failed challenge. So they kill off the first 1:15 of the penalty and go to intermission. The 3rd period starts and the penalty is gone. During the intermission the NHL determined the play was offside and instead of taking the goal away, they decided to just remove the remaining 45 seconds of the penalty.

 

Here's the video of the saga:

 

Here's the view of the offisde:

 

The official word from the NHL was that a "miscommunication occurred" leading the refs to look at the wrong replay.

 

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It's unbelievable that a) this could happen and b) they let the goal stand.

 

Columbus went on to lose 6-5.

I was looking into this yesterday.

 

I don't get it.

 

What am I missing? I'm usually the first to defend the weird nuances in rules, but I can't figure this one out.

They literally blew it. There's no reason for this.

 

Even if we blame the refs, the league should have called them back and told them to take the goal off and replay the last 1:15 of the 2nd.

Tired: NHL officiating is garbage, here's why

Wired: Offside should be abolished, here's why

This is a tough one to watch.

That was really bad. The linesmen couldn't tell that the video replay they were seeing clearly wasn't the play that they should have been reviewing?! On the disputed goal, the Carolina player clearly was carrying the puck into the zone. On the replay they were sent, the Carolina player dumped the puck in.

Tired: NHL officiating is garbage, here's why

Wired: Offside should be abolished, here's why

 

Sure, no doubt. But the rule exists and they totally botched it.

Yup. So get rid of the stupid ass rule.

 

 

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It's not a stupid rule, though. It plays a big part in relieving pressure in your end, etc.

 

Maybe on zone entries it can go.

It's not a stupid rule, though. It plays a big part in relieving pressure in your end, etc.

 

Maybe on zone entries it can go.

 

This, yes.

Yup. So get rid of the stupid ass rule.

 

 

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Yup. So get rid of the stupid ass rule.

 

 

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I'm not an old man but my take is an old man yelling at the clouds kind of take:

 

remove the ability to make calls via replay

 

The only thing that makes sense is a soccer style VAR system that decides if the puck actually goes in the net. Everything else, get rid of it! I don't care if the guy is offside by 1/2 an inch. If it's goalie interference, call it on the ice. That's the whole point of having a referee. Yeah, sometimes they miss shit. That's part of the game.

 

Having replay opens yourself up to THIS kind of bullshit. You can't have replay and STILL get the ruling wrong. It defeats the purpose of the whole thing.

 

Get rid of it all. Tell me if the puck went in the net. That's it.

I'm not an old man but my take is an old man yelling at the clouds kind of take:

 

remove the ability to make calls via replay

 

The only thing that makes sense is a soccer style VAR system that decides if the puck actually goes in the net. Everything else, get rid of it! I don't care if the guy is offside by 1/2 an inch. If it's goalie interference, call it on the ice. That's the whole point of having a referee. Yeah, sometimes they miss shit. That's part of the game.

 

Having replay opens yourself up to THIS kind of bullshit. You can't have replay and STILL get the ruling wrong. It defeats the purpose of the whole thing.

 

Get rid of it all. Tell me if the puck went in the net. That's it.

 

That's pretty much what we have. What I think you're advocating is the goal line judge stuff various soccer leagues use. But that's only possible because the ball has a chip in it.

 

I think eventually we'll get there with the NHL, but they're still having trouble manufacturing the pucks correctly, so it's still probably a ways out.

That's pretty much what we have. What I think you're advocating is the goal line judge stuff various soccer leagues use. But that's only possible because the ball has a chip in it.

 

I think eventually we'll get there with the NHL, but they're still having trouble manufacturing the pucks correctly, so it's still probably a ways out.

 

Right. I'm just talking about the puck crossing the line. everything else should be non-reviewable.

I am cool with the coaches challenge- but the NHL needs to do a better job of getting those calls right if they are going to do that. This is just embarrassing.

I'd love to hear Tort's rant after this one