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Officiating Needs Work
by Paul on 06/01/08 at 07:19 AM ET
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from Larry Brooks of the NY Post,
The NHL no longer is about referees who call games by feel and on instinct and who recognize that an elastic clause must be part of any rulebook, even if written in invisible ink.
Instead, it’s about referees who color by number, who are working not to please the participants but rather their supervisor who deducts points for every incident in which some player raises his stick parallel to an opponent’s and is not whistled for a penalty.
Missing significant and blatant penalties? That apparently doesn’t count for as much in this administration.
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This has got to be one of the most pressing concerns for any NHL fan. Brooks’ premise is right on the money. Where the Heck IS Kerry Fraser in these playoffs? The inconsistent penalty calling is obvious to any fan, Brooks revealing that refs can’t call a game or a play based on their gut feel for the game that they have developed over a lifetime of playing and experience in stripes, but instead have to call the game to a stiff set of criteria to please an artificial point system devised by the NHL is one of the better pieces of insight we will read.
The front office (let’s not refer to them as “leadership") of NHL, Inc., is very troublesome to us fans. (By the way NHL, no suspension of Gary Roberts for sucker punching Johan Franzen in his first game back from concussion? Not a man-up, face-to-face punch out that fans like to see, but a cowardly left hook to the temple from the rear - seriously not even one game suspension?). They often seem completely out of touch with the game, players, and fans.
Nice insight Larry Brooks.
Posted by RWBill from jabbing a six inch sewing needle into my eye. on 06/01/08 at 08:34 AM ET