I don't get this line of thinking.
The rule is that no player can enter the zone before the puck. Either offsides or not. Video showed it to be offsides.
Just sour grapes. Its expected from the fans, though it was surprising from this coach.
agreed... when you ONLY complain if it goes against your team than It does send the wrong message
thats why we MUST COMPLAIN every single time it happens... even when its FOR our team
the rule itself is the crap... not whether it goes for or against your team.
goalies must be protected from injury... it sucks anytime one is hurt. most teams entire season relies on the health of their starting goalie. goalies are not part of the play and are not expected to get hurt. they are stationary trapped in their net. we need to give players the greatest possible disincentive to crash the net in a wreckless way. even if the goalie wasnt hurt on this particular play, we still must establish a mind set to the players that they have to take extreme precautions not to injure goalies.
people say they dont know what goalie interference is... thats because they are worried whether a goalie was prevented to make a save. the important element was, is the goalie being put in danger of injury?
there are no injury issues at the blueline... but to make the game exciting there is a rule that players cant 'camp' out in the offensive zone and cherry pick. thats what the offside rule was created for. no one honestly cares if a player in rush on the flank is one step ahead of the puck carrier as they go down the ice. it doesnt matter at the red line... your own blue line... the faceoffdots… it really really really doesnt matter.
an attack zone was established and a rule was written that the puck has to go in before the players can go in simply to prevent cherry picking.
there was a play a few years ago with duchense and someone said it should be reviewed by the cameras... and some Nazi wannabe said this is a chance to get it 'right.'
but whats right about this?
who is benefitting?
where is the spirit of the law that was being violated under the old system?
how does this improve the game at all except when it effects your team. theres always 1 fan base that might benefit from a goal called back. the other 30 fan bases dont benefit. no one is freaked out at the prospect of a missed offside in some game tonight.
the really super obvious crap that fans see at regular speed might freak us out... if the puck hits the netting and comes back into play... or if a player makes a hand pass... sure, those things can freak us out BUT THATS BECAUSE WE ALL SAW IT AT REGULAR SPEED
what freaks us out isnt that some little violation is happening/not happening... but rather that we saw it and the officials didnt
no one cares what the camera sees at 1 frame per second slow mo or whatever. I mean if it creates a goal by crossing the line then yeah... slow it down and study it... but if we are just taking back some great play a team made to score and making the game more boring... then the ONLY PEOPLE THAT CARE ARE THE SOUR GRAPES CROWD
so... I agree... and thats why im saying we have to make our argument bigger. its not just about our own team. the rule sucks even when our own team is the one that benefits. it sucks even when some other team is hurt by it. plain and simple, the rule sucks
