Proposal: New Video Review Challenges

[GordonGecko]

How about we allow coaches to challenge penalty calls or non-calls. It has to be a clearcut incident, if the coach is unsuccessful his team gets a 2 minute bench minor for delay of game (rather than lose the timeout). He can challenge again but the next missed challenge is a 5 minute bench penalty and no more challenges.

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[Daisy Jane]

I would rather they just got rid of it all.

 

[The Missing Piece]

Get rid of offside challenges. Only penalty reviewable is if you make allegations that the other player took a dive. If you lose the call you have a double minor.

 

[NYRFAN218]

Get rid of the offsides challenge and just leave challenges for goalie interference plays.

 

[GordonGecko]

Get rid of offside challenges. Only penalty reviewable is if you make allegations that the other player took a dive. If you lose the call you have a double minor.

This one is a big issue IMO for the non-contact high sticks where the player is clearly acting and taking a dive. There has to be some way of reversing that penalty and putting the actress in the box.

If "toronto" can automatically review and reverse all goals scored I don't see why they couldn't wipe out a dive like that

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

The only one really needed at all is delay of game.

With the amount of obstruction that is missed/let go, this basically amounts to a "Free Powerplay!" card for use whenever you want. And can you imagine if a coach tries to force a call in playoff OT?

 

[Fig]

IMO coaches challenge on missed calls should only overturn the call on the ice if there is a margin of error. Arbitrarily, I'd use 3-4 inches with reviewer discretion to do less than that.

3-4 inches on offside
3-4 inches of goalie movement impedance in a goalie interference
3-4 inches via high stick
Obvious penalties missed prior to goal

etc.

However, the point isn't to put another step in the review process, it's if it's super close that you can't figure out what the issue is within 30 seconds vs spend 5 minutes looking at the play frame by frame, call on ice stands. This is to reduce the time the review takes and keep the flow of the game going. Challenges should be 1 minute or less. Not up to 5-10 minutes.

Coach doesn't lose challenge if it's within the margin of error.


This will deal with things like egregious uncalled penalties prior to a goal or something like a player somehow being a foot offside with no call that coaches had no way to challenge in the past. But gets rid of the stupid thing where coaches can call everything.

Either build in a margin or error, or all goals must be reviewed prior to play continuing. Not this weird, whatever in between thing we have right now with no consistency.