GDT: 3/11/18

[Magic Mittens]

NBC guys crying about how the Pens lost out on two goals on back to back games. So much for being biased .

I had to mute the game. My god are those two terrible. I actually thought it was the Pitssburgh feed at first

 

[gertbfrobe16]

offside thing is brutal should be either in or out none of this half in half out crap and no in before puck even with posession

 

[Invalid cuz QoC]

NBC guys crying about how the Pens lost out on two goals on back to back games. So much for being biased .

You know the nbc guys have a hatred for the pens right?

 

[serp]

This was a pretty blatantly missed offside . I don't like the ticky-tacky challenges but when really blatant ones are missed that lead to goals there should be a review/challenge. I mean its gotten better now that Penalties are called when you lose a challenge.

 

[Spotty 2 Hotty]

Yep. You don't skate with both skates glued on the ice. What they should be looking at is the players position, not going into technicalities with the skates. That's what the offside rule is there for.

The fact that you can be offsides because a guy is skating horizontally on the blue line is pretty much the definition of what is wrong with the current rule.

You're asking a league who can't even get goaltender interference right to have the same methodology applied to offsides calls? And you think that will fix the problem or make it even more infuriating? lol

 

[Empoleon8771]

It's nice to see the "common sense" offsides rule still hasn't been implemented

 

[brighteststars]

It's nice to see the "common sense" offsides rule still hasn't been implemented

You guys didn't seem too concerned about it during the playoffs against Tampa when it resulted it a goal called back on Tampa in Game 7.

 

[gertbfrobe16]

You know the nbc guys have a hatred for the pens right?

yea pieire especialy hates crosby lolol

 

[Troy McClure]

You're asking a league who can't even get goaltender interference right to have the same methodology applied to offsides calls? And you think that will fix the problem or make it even more infuriating? lol

The fix is easy. Stop reviewing offsides. They add nothing to the game but delays and fewer goals, two things the game doesn’t need. No one watching the game thought it was offsides. None of us would have griped had the goal not been challenged.

We don’t review icing calls to make sure they are 100% perfect. We also don’t review offsides on entries where no goal is scored, so why pick this one limited situation where a linesman’s call is reviewed?

 

[brighteststars]

The fix is easy. Stop reviewing offsides. They add nothing to the game but delays and fewer goals, two things the game doesn’t need. No one watching the game thought it was offsides. None of us would have griped had the goal not been challenged.

We don’t review icing calls to make sure they are 100% perfect. We also don’t review offsides on entries where no goal is scored, so why pick this one limited situation where a linesman’s call is reviewed?

Cause of the Briere and Duchene missed calls.

 

[Treent1]

 

[kingsfan28]

That's the biggest glass desk I've ever seen!

 

[kingsfan28]

It reminds me of this:

 

[PensPlz]

I'm just happy they only took away the goal this time. Was fully expecting a random penalty to go along with it.

 

[Empoleon8771]

You guys didn't seem too concerned about it during the playoffs against Tampa when it resulted it a goal called back on Tampa in Game 7.

You mean game 1 against Nashville? I said it was a dumb rule then too, it's a rule that needs to be changed.

 

[Ogrezilla]

You mean game 1 against Nashville? I said it was a dumb rule then too, it's a rule that needs to be changed.

it happened in both

 

[kingsfan28]

You know the nbc guys have a hatred for the pens right?

No, that's impossible! I know Milbury said he hates the Kings on air before though.

 

[hockeyguy1967]

GJ Isles break losing streak on smelly Flames.

 

[Bandit]

Good grief. Between San Jose, Anaheim, LA and Calgary it's a dogfight to the end about who wants it the least. Not a single team is getting the job done to lock up spots 2 & 3 in the Pacific.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Not sure why people are complaining about this offside specifically. It was clear as day.. the ones where its like .5 inch in the zone on the blade that is stupid. If Malkin holds the line better its not offside.. he is trying to get an offensive advantage being a step ahead in the o-zone but it burned him this time..

 

[fahad203]

Flames are such an underwhelming team.

$5.5 mil for backlund is going to hurt.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

You're asking a league who can't even get goaltender interference right to have the same methodology applied to offsides calls?

What ?

There isn't a line drawn on the ice that determines goalie interference. It's not the same thing at all.

It's not complicated. Make it so that if one of your skates is not over the line, in the zone, then you're not offside. Looking at horizontal angle to find out if the skate is past the blueline or not is very clear cut and there is no gray area or stuff like that. You can freeze the image at the point when the puck enters the zone and then see where the skates are.

Skate on the ice or off the ice doesn't ever matter to the play that happens later. Players have to be able to skate normally without worrying about taking a stride at the wrong time. Like in this play Malkin was skating on the line, he wasn't even going into the zone and somehow he's offsides. It's stupid and defeats any logic to why offside is in the game.

In my opinion that skate (usually trailing one) should be the point of emphasis, because if that skate is not in the zone, then you can't physically be 100% in the zone either.

Right now if you stand on the line and wave your stick in the zone it's not offside, but if you do the splits then it's offside. In both cases your body is in the exact same position.

Again to me it's pretty simple, both skates have to be in the zone. Easy to look from video replay. No gray areas. Players can relax and try to make more plays on the line. Would it result more offsides? Probably yeah, but then the coaches challenge comes in handy. If it's a very rare occurance that you can't actually tell if a minor part of the blade is on the line or not, then just go with inconclusive and roll with the call on the ice.

Alternatively you can just get rid of the challenge and keep the rule as it is. But if they insist on keeping the challenge then this is a logical way to make it smooth in my opinion.​

 

[Tkachuky]

Flames are such an underwhelming team.

$5.5 mil for backlund is going to hurt.

Backlund has been amazing this whole year wtf are you smoking?

50+ shots against a hot goalie tonight... what can you do.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Not sure why people are complaining about this offside specifically. It was clear as day.. the ones where its like .5 inch in the zone on the blade that is stupid. If Malkin holds the line better its not offside.. he is trying to get an offensive advantage being a step ahead in the o-zone but it burned him this time..

I don't exactly see what's wrong with skating along the blueline waiting for your teammate to get the puck in the zone.

Obviously it's pretty tough to do right now the way it's called but in principle i mean.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

Flames are such an underwhelming team.

$5.5 mil for backlund is going to hurt.

they're as mediocre as it gets