Preseason: Leafs @ sens - Oct. 4th, 7:00pm - SN, Fan 590

[Bullfrog]

Those guys, and many others like them, probably wouldn't have had NHL careers if cross-checking was properly enforced so I'm not really shocked they don't like the proposed change.

I haven't watched much pre-season, has cross checking actually been getting called more (particularly in front of the net)?

Ya, it's been called more, but not significantly so. Ottawa got 3 cross-checking penalties in one game (not against the Leafs.) I give it a month before it's back to normal.

 

[Bullfrog]

So many of the unofficial rules are designed around allowing inferior skilled players to thrive.  Cross checking in front of the net let?s defenders that can?t get good position of a player.

Hooking let?s slower players keep up with faster players. 

Interference as players enter the zone to negative faster/skilled players.

50/50 penalty calls regardless of how the game is appearing on the ice

I would love to see the game called strictly by the rules. The adjustment period would suck as there'd be lots of penalties, but the players would learn after a couple years.

 

[bustaheims]

I would love to see the game called strictly by the rules. The adjustment period would suck as there'd be lots of penalties, but the players would learn after a couple years.

I don't know if I'd want the game called as literally as the rulebook states, but I'd definitely like to see a stricter interpretation of the rules - especially for more potentially dangerous penalties like charging, boarding, etc.

 

[Guilt Trip]

I would love to see the game called strictly by the rules. The adjustment period would suck as there'd be lots of penalties, but the players would learn after a couple years.

I don't know if I'd want the game called as literally as the rulebook states, but I'd definitely like to see a stricter interpretation of the rules - especially for more potentially dangerous penalties like charging, boarding, etc.

Not me...call the rules as they're written. I want to see the skill of these players shine through. The NHL is the only league that punishes skill.

 

[Bullfrog]

I would love to see the game called strictly by the rules. The adjustment period would suck as there'd be lots of penalties, but the players would learn after a couple years.

I don't know if I'd want the game called as literally as the rulebook states, but I'd definitely like to see a stricter interpretation of the rules - especially for more potentially dangerous penalties like charging, boarding, etc.

With the patented Bullfrog? Penalty System, where technical penalties are one minute in length and contact penalties are two minutes in length, it wouldn't be too bad.

Contact sports are always subjective, but a stricter calling of the rules is warranted I believe.

 

[bustaheims]

With the patented Bullfrog? Penalty System, where technical penalties are one minute in length and contact penalties are two minutes in length, it wouldn't be too bad.

Contact sports are always subjective, but a stricter calling of the rules is warranted I believe.

Agreed. Calling it literally by the book would make for a very different sport. Calling it more strictly, but with room for interpretation should lead to a more entertaining version of the sport we love.

 

[L K]

I keep going back to it but I hate the puck over the glass penalty.  I think the number of times players intentionally threw the puck out of play was grossly overstated but beyond that it became the only penalty that was called 100% of the time once the game was on the line.  Late in a regular season game you could slash and hook without a penalty.  Then the playoffs come around and it gets 10x worse.

I don't know what the solution is?  All infraction penalties are 2 minutes and don't end if a goal is scored?  Whereas delay of game penalties like puck over the glass or hand on the puck at a faceoff are 2 minutes but end after a goal is scored?

I'd still kind of like to see penalties that take place in the final minute of play extend the end of the game.  Take a penalty with 16 seconds left in the game.  The game plays out until 21:44 of time expires (or a goal ends the PP).

 

[bustaheims]

I'd get rid of the puck over the glass penalty entirely. Make it like icing - no line change, opposing team decides which side the faceoff is, not allowed to use a timeout, etc. That's more than enough punishment for all the accidental pucks over the glass.

Keep the rule in place for any clear/suspected intentional pucks over the glass (which, as you note, are few in number), but ditch the automatic penalty for it.

As for penalties late in the game, I'd like to see any penalties called in the last 2 minutes of the 3rd period be penalty shots rather than powerplays. Penalty shots are some of the most exciting moments in the game, and I'd like to see more of them.

 

[L K]

If you score 6 on 5 on a delayed penalty the penalty should still happen.

I'd be in favour of the penalty shot rule in the last 2 minutes if you still got the 2 minute PP if you don't score on the penalty shot.

 

[Redleaf]

My least favorite is the offside call that disallows a goal. Thats nobody's fault but the ref for not catching the offside before the goal was scored. Scrap it!!!

 

[bustaheims]

If you score 6 on 5 on a delayed penalty the penalty should still happen.

I'd be in favour of the penalty shot rule in the last 2 minutes if you still got the 2 minute PP if you don't score on the penalty shot.

Agreed on the 6-on-5 thing. Not so much on still getting the PP if you don't score on the penalty shot. Feels too much like a double jeopardy situation (which, obviously, doesn't actually apply here - just an easy way to describe it).

 

[princedpw]

My least favorite is the offside call that disallows a goal. Thats nobody's fault but the ref for not catching the offside before the goal was scored. Scrap it!!!

+1 Retroactively calling back a goal due to an offside is probably my least favorite aspect of the game these days.

It is such a downer when a retroactive offside challenge eliminates a rare great play.  I think it is better if the rare mistake by an official is let go. When an official misses the call, it is almost always because it is so close one needs slowmo video replay to figure out whether it was really offside. In such a case, the advantage gained from the offside is essentially nil. So it just increases the frustration.  At the same time, other infractions that are vastly more egregious and have a much bigger impact on the game are let go.

 

[Bullfrog]

If you score 6 on 5 on a delayed penalty the penalty should still happen.

I'd be in favour of the penalty shot rule in the last 2 minutes if you still got the 2 minute PP if you don't score on the penalty shot.

Agreed, not sure why a penalty gets nullified. If Nylander gets whacked in the face and Tavares scores a goal, Nylander still got whacked in the face.

 

[Bullfrog]

I'm OK with an off-side review. It is what it is.

 

[bustaheims]

I'm OK with an off-side review. It is what it is.

Yup. And, at least, it?s a pretty black and white call. No issues reviewing those - though, I am open to the idea of a time limit between the missed call and the goal. Goaltender interference, in the other hand?

 

[Bullfrog]

They should throw a towel on the ice when they think it's off-side. Or a white stick. Definitely not a banana peel.

Wait, did someone say.....