Around the League 2019-2024 Edition

[Slinger 48]

Is this a penalty? I say no.

He made the save and peckerhead tripped over his leg. WTF was he supposed to do, let the puck go in?


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[leafman101]

Stutzle is the biggest diver. Cherry must go on some epic rants in his mirror.

 

[Habsy]

Noticed that when they play the Habs. Stutzle needs to stay on his feet.

 

[Wayward DP]

Is this a penalty? I say no.

He made the save and peckerhead tripped over his leg. WTF was he supposed to do, let the puck go in?


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agreed

 

[mbow30]

I think saros probably deliberately gets his pad on stutzle but that is so clearly a dive.

 

[Wayward DP]

I think saros probably deliberately gets his pad on stutzle but that is so clearly a dive.

that and his pad was in that position to stop the puck, before Stutzle ran right into it

 

[Slinger 48]

I think saros probably deliberately gets his pad on stutzle but that is so clearly a dive.

I never even considered that being a dive but after looking again, you may be right.

 

[LeafOfFaith]

It’s no dive. He trips over his leg.

But his leg made the save and then Stutzle tripped over it. First, he has to be allowed to make that save regardless of who trips over him. Second, his leg gets the puck first so it should be legal, just like how a poke check hitting the puck first and then tripping the guy is legal.

 

[MindzEye]

What the fuck are NHL refs doing calling a trip on a play like that?

Fucking abysmal.

 

[Wayward DP]

What the fuck are NHL refs doing calling a trip on a play like that?

Fucking abysmal.

yeah pretty hilarious given what they let go on the regular.

goalie penalized for... making a save...

 

[Habsy]

that and his pad was in that position to stop the puck, before Stutzle ran right into it

Exactly. He has more right to that ice than Stutzle on that play.

 

[Habsy]

I am a fervent believer that they keep the shoddy refereeing on purpose.

"Parity"

 

[LeafGm]

I am a fervent believer that they keep the shoddy refereeing on purpose.

"Parity"

One of the absolute most important things to Bettman is definitively artificially-enforced parity.

It’s why the standings and points system are the way they are, it’s one of the main goals of the salary cap system and it’s why “game management” by the referees exists.

 

[zeke]

But there isn't parity in the standings.

 

[Wayward DP]

I am a fervent believer that they keep the shoddy refereeing on purpose.

"Parity"

yeah tough to argue against this given the years of 'incompetency'

 

[CH1]

But there isn't parity in the standings.

You’re gonna have to use more than facts to change mindsets

 

[MindzEye]

But there isn't parity in the standings.

That doesn't mean the league doesn't attempt to maintain parity. Bettman is on record many times talking about how important it is for the league because so many of the teams are gate driven and being out of the playoffs by December is bad for business.

Doesn't take a significant leap from there to assume/believe that it's a guiding principle in decisions they make everywhere within the business.

 

[axlsalinger]

You’re gonna have to use more than facts to change mindsets

would a dimwitted & nonsensical response suffice if it was delivered in an angry enough tone and got a bunch of likes?

 

[Volcanologist]

But there isn't parity in the standings.

Not for lack of trying, that's for sure

 

[Preston]

There would a lot more parity of more than a third of the league had a data driven approach. But they don't. So the good organizations continue to lap the field.