Worst Goaltender Interference Call in History- CGY/EDM

[Jugitsu]

I see nothing wrong with that call with how things currently are called. It doesn't take much at all for the goals to be overturned and this is just a continuum of that.

What IMO makes the case for the goalie interference is the fact that McDavid crosses the crease and bumps the goalie enough to make him move an inch or two. McDavid didn't have to hit the blue paint, sure he was helped a bit but not that much. The argument is whether the goalie could've made the save or not. That's subjective IMO and there's really no way of knowing for 100% and it usually seems to go for goalie.

Do I agree with that? No I don't. I think the goalies are way too overprotected. I'm not saying goalies should be able to run over, whether they are in the crease or playing the puck behind the net but they definitely shouldn't get that much benefit of the doubt. These kind of "infractions" shouldn't be sufficient enough to overturn a goal. The same could be said about last night's Minnesota vs. Pittsburgh game's overturned goal. In both cases the goalie may or may not have saved the goal. If it can't be determined 100% that the goalie WOULD'VE made the save, the goal should NEVER be overturned.

 

[Pizza the Hutt]

Flames so bad they lose to the Oilers twice in one night.

*checks standings

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

Yeah, the best way to show us the worst call in NHL history is to show us a 5 second gif from one angle at 1.25x speed.

 

[Kamiccolo]

That is just laughable. So that is a no goal, but this wasn't?

 

[Iceman]

Not quite as bad as the ghost tripping Holtby a few seasons back against Detroit but still horrible.

 

[Jugitsu]

That is just laughable. So that is a no goal, but this wasn't?

Bringing cases from 4-5 years ago isn't really beneficial, since they have little or nothing to with today's game.

That would 100% be overturned in a challenge today.

 

[Kamiccolo]

Bringing cases from 4-5 years ago isn't really beneficial, since they have little or nothing to with today's game.

That would 100% be overturned in a challenge today.

Sorry I am still salty about that one.

 

[OldMilIce]

I actually understand what the refs were thinking on this one, so I dont think this is the worst goalie interferance call yet. Although he has nowhere else to go, McDavid does contact the goalie and drag the arm out of position jst before the shot comes in.

Realistically I think goals like this should probably count, but in the world of terrible calls the NHL has made this doesnt seem that egregious.

 

[PG Canuck]

Literally nothing makes sense anymore.

When you have McDavid and Matthews, two faces of the game doing the things they did the last few days, there are major, major issues.

 

[PG Canuck]

I actually understand what the refs were thinking on this one, so I dont think this is the worst goalie interferance call yet. Although he has nowhere else to go, McDavid does contact the goalie and drag the arm out of position jst before the shot comes in.

Realistically I think goals like this should probably count, but in the world of terrible calls the NHL has made this doesnt seem that egregious.

It’s just really nitpicky. I can understand where they might’ve seen it as GI, but that is so ticky tacky and that is exactly how we have such a grey area with this stuff.

One night it’s okay and the next its not. Pick your decision from out of a hat...that is essentially what is happening at this point.

 

[Jugitsu]

Sorry I am still salty about that one.

I understand wholeheartedly. I'm not a fan of the current system, where if you even look at the goalie the wrong way, the goal is nullified. Or that's how it seems.

Considering how conclusive the evidence has to be, for a goal to be overturned, I'm not happy about the calls at all. While I see the argument and a case, I have NOT seen one 100% conclusive, beyond reasonable doubt case yet. The goalies are getting too big of a benefit right now.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

So lemme get this straight NHL

That goal and the Matthews one are NO GOAL

But

The Wild goal vs TB, Preds vs TB, and Hawks vs TOR are good goal


What the actual f***

 

[Nithoniniel]

I feel like the reviews are just not fulfilling their purpose right now. What referees gain in terms of additional information gets cancelled out by an overemphasize on technicalities instead of going with their gut.

I can honestly say that based on the games I've watched since the GI-calls started to get on my radar, I've been dissatisfied with almost as many calls after reviews as before them. And if we're going to take breaks in the game, slow them down like this, then there needs to be a substantial improvement in the calls made. I'm not seeing that. Sure you can find interpretations that support them, but that's seeking justification for calls that go against common sense to me.

The obvious way to go, in my opinion, is to scrap the coaches challenge, have the video room in Toronto review goals and cut the referees out of the decision loop. Let them judge if there's enough there for a more careful look, and let the same guys make that call to get a consistent baseline. Have them work from these guidelines:
1) Don't bother unless there's something obvious.
2) Don't overturn if there's any hesitation.
3) If you can't make that determination within a few minutes, don't overturn.

 

[llamateizer]

I understand the GI call. The rule is applied McDavid interfered with the goalie inside the crease. The goalie was bothered in order to make the 2nd save

 

[KingKhron]

Well, if anyone couldn’t understand what type of people were running the league that creates these kind of situations, now you see how many people think this was an appropriate call and realize they’ve body snatched the top officials. “Dragged to the side a foot.” and “hit his arm out of the way making him unable to make the save.”, what are people seeing that I’m not? If any part of a goalie is touched and a goal occurs within the next few seconds, are we calling them all off now? His skate hits his blocker moving IT over to the left a little but McDavid is practically ten feet away from the net by the time Strome scores. Calgary’s goalie has time to stand up but not bring his arm back in? Nah, you’re right, the goalie would have hugged the post as McDavid cut to the left in front of him and would have been there for the save. To me, the final replay might be the most telling in how little(not at all) McDavid drags him to the side but that contact didn’t impede him at all for the second shot and it blows my mind some of you support this. I thought having the review was hysterical and never thought for a second that it would be called back.

 

[Mass]

Good goal, but hey, some have to defend their sacred league for whatever useless reason they can come up with.

 

[KingKhron]

An example of no goalie interference, if you wanted one.

 

[Bedards Dad]

I came in expecting hyperbole and am leaving disappointed. OP was 100% accurate, that was the worst GI call I have ever seen. That ref needs to sit a few games.

 

[Oddbob]

Is it seriously because McDavid's skate grazed Smith's pad? WOW, if so!!! I like how the league is trying to increase scoring, yet at the same time, they have turned nothing plays into goalie interference. Honestly about 70% of this seasons goalie interference calls are not goalie interference.

 

[Oddbob]

An example of no goalie interference, if you wanted one.

Wait a minute though, the air hit Talbot on that one, so should be no goal!

 

[Oddbob]

You know what is worse than that call, fans chiming in, that it was a good call. This kind of stuff being disallowed is why a few years from now we will see only 2-1 games with 15 goalie interference goals turned away.

 

[SprDaVE]

The NHL has a major problem on their hand and they better fix it. The refs have no idea what they are doing.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Pick a standard, get all of the officials and staff in the war room on the same page, and stick with it.

 

[DitchMarner]

You can see Polak attempt to shove him. the hawks players used that to his advantage...It's still a good goal if your teammate pushes someone onto you

Polak did shove him, but he didn't even try to move off or away from Andersen.

 

[DitchMarner]

That is very clearly not everything that happened on that play.

Doesn't a player who is shoved into a goaltender have to at least try to avoid/stop contact? I see no effort whatsoever to move away from the goalie on that Hawks' goal.