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GDT#25 Devils @ Capitals 7:00 p.m. Fri Nov 30, 2018 NBCSWA+, NHLN-US, TVAS, MSG+
Mickstix:
--- Quote from: justwincaps on Saturday December 01, 2018, 12:38:45 PM Eastern ---To me, this is no different than targeting in college football. Targeting [head-to-head contact] gets you kicked out of the game. Before they do that, they review the tape to make sure they are right.
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Pretty sure basketball is the same way. Sports are just so fast these days it's too easy to miss important stuff.
--- Quote from: alta on Saturday December 01, 2018, 12:23:47 PM Eastern ---A reporter asked Reirden if he wanted a replay system on calls like this. He tentatively agreed, but he said he thinks it would slow down the game too much.
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On these type plays, the game is already slowed down because there's always some dude laying on the ice holding his face. (whether he actually takes a hit to the head or not, they're pussy programmed now to pretend they've been shot.)
Maacoshark:
Lol pussy programmed. You and Rush must me working together on some of these quotes.
BlackIce:
--- Quote from: alta on Saturday December 01, 2018, 12:23:47 PM Eastern ---
A reporter asked Reirden if he wanted a replay system on calls like this. He tentatively agreed, but he said he thinks it would slow down the game too much. No doubt it would, but I think it may be worth it when a players career is on the line. The review team in Toronto would need to be increased as well, with truly independant minds involved, which is a large part of the problem to begin with
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AS LONG AS WE CAN TRUST THE NHL FRONT OFFICE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, it isn't hugely necessary to do an in-game review to protect a player's status. It didn't help matters that Wilson was off the ice for the last period, but as long as the league agrees that nothing egregious happened, the worst that could have happened is that the Caps missed Wilson too much and they lost last night's game. Actually, Wilson's penalty was as fortunate as it could have been in one regard -- it happened with 2+minutes left in the 2nd period, so the kill was little more than killing two 2-minute minors rather than having to kill off a 5-minute major in one stretch.
Mickstix:
--- Quote from: BlackIce on Saturday December 01, 2018, 03:13:25 PM Eastern ---
AS LONG AS WE CAN TRUST THE NHL FRONT OFFICE TO DO THE RIGHT THING, it isn't hugely necessary to do an in-game review to protect a player's status.
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Points/Games matter though.. I fully expected them to implode after Wilson left and they had to kill off 5 minutes w/o him. Thankfully they didn't!!
Devise:
--- Quote from: Mickstix on Saturday December 01, 2018, 12:56:35 PM Eastern ---Pretty sure basketball is the same way. Sports are just so fast these days it's too easy to miss important stuff.
On these type plays, the game is already slowed down because there's always some dude laying on the ice holding his face. (whether he actually takes a hit to the head or not, they're pussy programmed now to pretend they've been shot.)
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To be fair to the Devil kid, he was like 150 lb's or some shit. Wilson hitting him in the shoulder with a brush by is like getting shot to him probably haha.
That said tough to argue with Todd here. I'd love to see some sort of challenge on penalties that sends the play up to a room full or retired refs who know what the fuck should go on in that situation, but the league has to word it in a way that allows refs to save face. The game has been taking more directly out of the hands of just the refs on the ice and nobody else though, and I think this is one of those things where I could see coaches using challenges on phantom plays. It would call out divers too, because if you challenge and the upstairs see's a dive on the play, they should be allowed to call that too.
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