Re: Time to review every goal scored
I've been saying for some time that I think they should review every goal immediately upon scoring and the referee and NHL central should have the power to review any potential goal (not called on the ice) at the next stoppage of play. 95+% of goals would be clearly allowable and the refs would get the go ahead to drop the puck in the amount of time it takes to line-up for the faceoff so no delay. The other 5% that require some delay it's worth it to get the call right. The NFL reviews every scoring play and there it hasn't slowed the game down noticeably. the NHL has fewer scoring plays per game than the NFL, and especially come playoff time every goal matters, take the minute and get the call right. Further, I'd prefer they fine tweak the issues that will inevitably come up during the regular season rather than implement it only for the playoffs and have some surprise pop up.
I prefer reviewing every goal to a challenge system for 3 reasons:
1. the coach's will inevitably us stupid stall tactics like MLB managers currently; using a stall while they get their own guys to decide whether to challenge, this slows the game down and basically gives extra free challenges.
2. It reduces the confusion on what is and is not "challengable" and avoids a situation where a coach wrongly communicates what aspect he is challenging. Every goal is reviewed against all challengable elements (my proposed ones below).
3. A coach will challenge anything worth a review anyways. The chances of a coach requiring 2 challenges in the same game is exceptionally small, anything close gets reviewed.
I think the following elements should be review/reviewable:
1. Did the puck cross the goal line. -call made by NHL central
2. Was the net off its moorings. -call made by NHL central
3. Did the puck go in before time expired.- call made by NHL central.
4. Was the puck: kicked in, gloved in, high-sticked in, or directly off the netting and in (highly unlikely).- call made by NHL central.
5. Was there goalie interference. - judgment call made by referee.
Things such as off-sides, too many men on the ice, puck off the netting are tougher. I originally thought that all of these should be reviewed and if that was the case then the review should go from the time the scoring team entered the zone until the goal. The more I think about it the more I think that this wouldn't be practical, it's quite possible a minor offside could reverse a goal scored two minutes later that was otherwise scored fairly, so I don't think these items should be reviewable, blown calls happen, deal with it.
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR