Remember the NHL "cracking down" on interference?

[Al Lagoon]

Good gawd, I see 10 incidents a game that should be called but are not, and many more that could be called..

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[Kyndig]

They've stopped calling slashing too for the most part. It's weird because this proves they see more of what goes on in a game than they let on and yet they choose not to call penalties for a lot of the stuff they see.

 

[Wolfpuck]

Pepperidge Farm remembers

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Pepperidge Farm remembers

Beat me to it

 

[tny760]

it's really getting outrageous again, just in time for the playoffs i guess..

still got those faceoff violations f***ing DIALED though!

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Its professional sports - no matter the rules players will do their best to get the upper hand

Get used to it (I dont know how you havent already)

 

[Tom ServoMST3K]

Its professional sports - no matter the rules players will do their best to get the upper hand

Get used to it (I dont know how you havent already)

I'm not complaining about players, I'm complaining about enabling officials. Just put your goddamn arm up.

"BUT WE DON'T WANT TO AFFECT THE GAME"

Well news flash guys, NOT calling penalties affects the game too.

 

[Sadekuuro]

No?

 

[A1LeafNation]

Happens every preseason. LOL they are a joke.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Pretty disappointing to be honest.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Was anyone legitimately expecting anything different?

 

[MattySnipes]

Nothing new. NHL officials have always been consistently inconsistent.

 

[authentic]

No surprise here. As the games get more intense it's just the way it goes. It's going to be much worse in the playoffs so get ready for it.

 

[PB37]

One of the worst seasons for interference I can remember in recent memory. Every game around the league, I see a puck carrier dump it in, chase after it, and a dman will take a few steps out of his lane to make body contact and slow down the forechecker. Every team is guilty of this and it's because refs allow these interference rubs to happen.

 

[Gabe Kupari]

Nashville LA Anaheim SJ to an extent.. Vegas... Boston all get away with it every shift. Other teams dont.

 

[NeelyWasAWarrior]

I've been watching the NHL for 30 years. You can tell who the young pups are. LOL.

 

[Scrantonicity 2]

It's the same thing every season. The league has a crackdown on (insert infraction here) and the refs enforce the hell out of it at the beginning of the year. Then by January it's back to the same old shit.

 

[tny760]

Nashville LA Anaheim SJ to an extent.. Vegas... Boston all get away with it every shift. Other teams dont.

oh stop it

every team does it

 

[SniperHF]

Minor penalties
October - December vs January - present

3.573 per game vs 3.063 per game.


16/17 season: 3.34 per game.

 

[JLo217]

Nashville LA Anaheim SJ to an extent.. Vegas... Boston all get away with it every shift. Other teams dont.

Vegas gets away with more than any team I’ve seen all year.

 

[pheasant]

The worst thing about NHL referees is the constant bickering and complaining about them by fans.

It`s a fast game, things get missed. Refs are people, and they make mistakes. They`re also individuals, some might just be better at the job. The play is called on the ice in the moment, not from a birds-eye view on slow-mo replay. The game evolves over time, so things change with the refs and rules.

Yet people are surprised that calls can be inconsistent?

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Vegas gets away with more than any team I’ve seen all year.

DET did it for years under Babcock.

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

it's really getting outrageous again, just in time for the playoffs i guess..

still got those faceoff violations ****ing DIALED though!

Really? I haven't seen a faceoff violation in about a month

 

[MartyOwns]

One of the worst seasons for interference I can remember in recent memory. Every game around the league, I see a puck carrier dump it in, chase after it, and a dman will take a few steps out of his lane to make body contact and slow down the forechecker. Every team is guilty of this and it's because refs allow these interference rubs to happen.

spot on. it’s like a stretch of highway where everyone goes 100 mph. if cops looked at that and said ‘well, everyone’s doing it, can’t single anyone out’ nothing would change. but if they parked there every morning and consistently pulled people over, they would stop speeding

 

[Midnight Judges]

Minor penalties
October - December vs January - present

3.573 per game vs 3.063 per game.

What is the source for this data?

If true, that is a very peculiar and alarming trend - a symptom of a potentially substantial problem.