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 Skookum Jim
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Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Adam wrote on Sat, 18 January 2025 22:24 |
I do wish just once we'd have the coach go off after one of these things. Maybe it needs to wait until the playoffs for maximum impact, but it's just brutal that the league lets it's best player be completely abused so much without calling the rules as they're written.
I think it's letting the league off the hook to lay that at McAuley's feet. He's crap, for sure, but it's night after night after night that people mug not just our guys but all the league's best players, and for some reason the league is just okay with that being "part of the game" despite rules that clearly say it isn't.
Good on Garland for taking out a big part of our attack for 15 seconds, and for getting under his skin which almost certainly helps out the Canucks in the next meeting, just two games away. Can't blame him for doing that. But in any other sport, if you're doing that kind of nonsense, the other team gets an advantage. The ref blows that down when Garland is first holding McDavid's arm, or when he tackles him AGAIN, and there are two less infractions for DOP(e)S to review.
Just brutal.
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I don't seem to see reffing this bad in the CHL.. its usually pretty consistent throughout the entire game.. both by the infraction level to cause a penalty.. and similar for each team.. those refs are trying to do the best job they can because they know they are accountable to someone.. the NHL refs aren't accountable to anyone.. they are effectively untouchable.. a perfect home for narcissism.. like Gary Bettman's smirk whenever he gets interviewed.
Players and coaches are scared to criticize the refs because the refs.. and the league.. are vindictive.. you'll get punished.. during the game and/or by fines.
Teams know they'll get it even worse if they say anything publicly.. no upside.
The broadcasters are scared to criticize them because the future of their TV rights contracts are in jeopardy.. and the on-air staff keep quiet because they know they can be fired at the snap of a finger.. the NHL has to be the worst officiated major north American pro sport. (although baseball umpires are pretty bad with strike calls).
Which raises the question about the effect of NHL refereeing on sports betting outcomes.. it should be a bet on the players playing a game.. not how refs will call or not call a game.
As a comparison of sports leagues (NFL) .. today I heard Troy Aikman flatout say that a couple penalty calls were NOT penalties.. no wishy washy fence sitting.. Aikman won't be fired for saying it.. because everyone in America saw the same thing on TV.. and the ref who made it will probably be made accountable afterwards.
The NHL does the opposite.. they pretend the viewer never saw the missed call, or call imagined.. and just ignore it .. or find an excuse to explain it.. like the public are listening on the radio and can't see it with their own eyes on TV.. ..
As a result NHL refereeing never gets better.. and never will in its current form.
[Updated on: Sun, 19 January 2025 00:26]
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