NHL Instant Replay

Rommey

Rommey

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So, I'm watching the Red Wings vs. Kings in Detroit game tonight on TV...The Kings are leading 2-1 with about 30 seconds to go in the 3rd.

Red Wings take a shot that deflects off the Kings defender and goes about 15' over the glass and bounces off the netting...and comes back down on the back of the Kings goalie and into the goal.

The NHL has instant replay, but apparently they can't use it to determine if the puck hit the safety net above the end board glass.

All replays show the puck hitting the net, yet its not a reviewable play in the NHL. I thought the aim of instant replay was to get the right call. I'll bet they'll revise the rules to determine if a puck goes out of play in cases when there is a goal in question.

See story/video here.
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
Growing pains. The NFL went through this, is still going through it. Baseball and basketball, too.

All the cameras and all the replays make everything, technically, reviewable and fan interest pushes them to do more and more. The leagues get to go through process of what to review, when and how and try and put it all into some sort of cohesive rules that makes things more fair while not turning the games into one review after another. Inevitably, refs deal with a situation that is not yet covered or is inadequately covered and, ideally, it will get fixed in the off season.

What they can't do is just make up rulings on the spot. "Well, gee, Bob, we can see, clearly, what happened. Let's just change the call." Refs can't do that. They gotta follow the rules as they are.

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Rommey

Rommey

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They gotta follow the rules as they are.
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Oh, I agree that the rules are the rules and they can't change on a whim. I just found it hard to believe that they didn't have the foresight to be able to review a puck leaving the playing surface. The nets at the end were put in place have been in place for about 10 years so they predate the instant replay.

Now, I'm not saying that everything needs to be reviewed, but when a goal is scored and there's a chance that it should not count, then it should be reviewable. I also understand that they can't possibly foresee all possible situations.

The last thing I would like them to do is too many reviews and bog down the game. As long as they use it prudently, I got no problem.
 
Larry Gude

Larry Gude

Strung Out
Rommey said:
...I just found it hard to believe that they didn't have the foresight to be able to review a puck leaving the playing surface. .
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Ok but, look at it from a salesmanship standpoint; you and me, fans, we'd wanna try and do a comprehensive rule and try and get it all right, first time out, and then try and tweak what we missed.

A salesman, an owner, a promoter, they want to balance being seen as doing something AND THEN have something to sell off-season, and string it out forever. "Well, we'll have to form a committee and then look into it and, after careful, considered review...implement incrementally..." It's like gummint. And, given the monopoly status, they can afford to dick around with it.

I mean, look at the NFL. How many years on and still, pass interference, holding, two of the most critical, game changing penalties there is, are not reviewable. I applaud them for what they've done. It is, by and large, made the game better, in my view. However, from the NFL's standpoint, look at The Immaculate Reception. Think how iconic that play is, how it changed everything and took an enormous game away from one team and gave it to another. So, the interest in 'getting it right' is a sort of double edged sword. We, the people, would be FAR better off with instant replay and review in our freaking government where it would REALLY do some good! :lol:
 
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