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Re: McDavid 3 games ban [message #840358 is a reply to message #840357 ]	Mon, 20 January 2025 19:36

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Skookum Jim wrote on Mon, 20 January 2025 18:21

CrusaderPi wrote on Mon, 20 January 2025 17:18

tardigrade81 wrote on Mon, 20 January 2025 17:41

Open season on mcdavid. What a complete joke so sick of it.

It's funny. The one thing the NHL could do to solve this problem is the one thing they absolutely would never try. Just call the rulebook. I think we can all agree we don't want to see McDavid cross check people in the face, but we also don't want to see him being forced to cuddle in the middle of the ice. The solution? Call the rulebook. They have no trouble using the rulebook sometimes, for example when players cross check the face off of some poor chump, but those cross checks probably don't happen if other parts of the rulebook had been called over the past week.

Probably deserved 2 games, but what do I know? Hopefully he goes to Hawaii or something for the week.

Excellent point.

A better example is on faceoffs.. they're SUPER picky about enforcement on face offs.. which has the least effect on a game, yet they treat it like the most important rule in the book.. its become farcical.. How many faceoffs are nullified because the linesman wants to showboat?

.. or offsides being zoomed to pixel level to decide if a skate blade is 3mm over the line..

Yet somehow hooking and holding (and most recently slewfoots) are considered by the NHL as "DESCRETIONARY" calls.

Same with pucks over the glass.. they are SUPER strict on those calls.. its considered mandatory even if the player never intended to do it.. like he shoots a rolling puck that goes on edge.. or a player hits him just as he was trying to ring it off the glass and it goes out.. they call it even if you are killing a penalty and you go down 2 men.. its called EVERY TIME.. there are NO extenuating circumstances considered.

Question: So why has the NHL DECIDED that these other penalties are to be considered discretionary (even though they have more impact on scoring chances) and not worthy of similar levels of enforcement?

The face off thing is entirely a power trip/game by the referees/league to remind players that they are playing under their rules. No one gives a crap, we tune in for the players. Not the referees or the league.

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McDavid 3 games ban	By: Leia on Mon, 20 January 2025 16:56
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Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: nullterm on Mon, 20 January 2025 17:06
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 20 January 2025 17:05
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Jay on Mon, 20 January 2025 17:16
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: nullterm on Mon, 20 January 2025 17:17
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 20 January 2025 18:13
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Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Kr55 on Mon, 20 January 2025 17:31
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: tardigrade81 on Mon, 20 January 2025 17:41
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: CrusaderPi on Mon, 20 January 2025 18:18
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Adam on Mon, 20 January 2025 19:03
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 20 January 2025 19:21
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: nullterm on Mon, 20 January 2025 19:36
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 20 January 2025 20:53
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 20 January 2025 21:02
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: nullterm on Tue, 21 January 2025 09:28
Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Skookum Jim on Mon, 20 January 2025 21:20
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Re: McDavid 3 games ban	By: Skookum Jim on Tue, 21 January 2025 12:41
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