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Alpha Couturier
I was listening to a podcast recently that sparked an old idea i'd had for fixing the irritating little issues the NHL is seeing with decision making lately.
The quick whistle no-goal in the Philly-Pitt game recently would be a classic example of a situation heavily benefited by an extra set of eyes, an in-house third referee with video access. They could come back and make a quick judgement call on whether a change should be made on situations such as quick whistles, high sticks etc... a common sense review to see the right thing is being done.
These plays are too quick for any on-ice official to get right 100% of the time, so a common sense approach to fixing incorrect decisions with the benefit of hindsight can fix these calls and seems like a relatively low-cost and low-risk way of improving the game.
The quick whistle no-goal in the Philly-Pitt game recently would be a classic example of a situation heavily benefited by an extra set of eyes, an in-house third referee with video access. They could come back and make a quick judgement call on whether a change should be made on situations such as quick whistles, high sticks etc... a common sense review to see the right thing is being done.
These plays are too quick for any on-ice official to get right 100% of the time, so a common sense approach to fixing incorrect decisions with the benefit of hindsight can fix these calls and seems like a relatively low-cost and low-risk way of improving the game.