Playoff GDT: Round 1, Game 2 Canes v. Senators 4/20 7:30

[andyt]

Honestly, the only reason I even mentioned to pair was avoiding pointing out Hebert’s personal grudge with Svech because it honestly feels like piling on … but consider him piled upon. That guy has had obvious personal beef with an individual player for over 5 years and it’s NEVER been addressed. South, St Laurent, Furlatt, Luxmore, etc … there’s so many blatant incompetents that it’s hard to keep ‘em straight. The two supposed gold standard guys (McCauley and Sutherland) are both gasbag “game managers” who can’t be bothered to call a game straight up. That’s the absolute best you’re gonna get in this league.

And we had McCauley on Saturday with Brandon Blandina, calling his first playoff game. He’s the one that blew the goal/non goal call, only calling it a goal when Meathead raised his hands.

 

[jeffbear]

Blandina has no business working a playoff game, but that’s true of fully half the current ref roster. OK, two thirds.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Interesting take by Mike Johnson this AM. Staal
had possession and control— he had the puck where he wanted it, why would he need to be touching it?? The control/possession is a subjective factor— to the player on ice it’s one thing, for the league/officiating it’s a different standard.

It was a BS overturn. They made up any excuse to disallow that goal. If we use that call as the new gold standard, it's going to piss off lot of coaches.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

I'm still 100% on board with taking post goal offsides reviews out of the game. If the linesman misses it live, then it's been missed. Reviewing whether a toe was onside or offside 42 seconds before a goal was scored, is the dumbest shit I've ever seen. Take it out of the game! No offsides replays after a goal. None. Period.

 

[NoMich]

How about reviews just be full speed only and the reviewer has no more than a minute to decide? Or at least offside reviews.

 

[jeffbear]

I'm still 100% on board with taking post goal offsides reviews out of the game. If the linesman misses it live, then it's been missed. Reviewing whether a toe was onside or offside 42 seconds before a goal was scored, is the dumbest shit I've ever seen. Take it out of the game! No offsides replays after a goal. None. Period.

I’ve never been a fan of offside reviews, so I’d be fine with this. Of course, our situation won’t cause the stir that Colorado’s did a few years ago and the NHL changed exactly nothing back then.

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Being offside by half an inch has ZERO effect on the goal being scored. It's a tacky technicality that coaches take advantage of. It needs to go away.