Should refs have quotas for calling penalties?

[tabness]

In the Lightning-Blue Jackets series I noticed that the refs really put the whistles away especially in the last two games. Now a big part of that is that Columbus especially played a physical game pretty cleanly but still...

Since penalties happen all the time in hockey and many are straight up uncalled should the refs be made to have a quota of minimum amount of penalties called in a game (against each team)? It would add more excitement and offense.

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[Ted Hoffman]

No. This is a dumb idea, because you'd see guys just making calls for the sake of making them to get their quota in and then float the rest of the night.

 

[Captain Bowie]

No

 

[BlueDream]

God no...

Why would you ever want to force the refs into making a horrible call to meet a quota?

 

[Kairi Zaide]

They should just be consistent. Which is easier said than done.

 

[IamNotADancer]

Lol, what the hell?

If you think quotas are a bad idea in law enforcement, what makes you think quotas are a smart thing in sports?

 

[Pierre from Orleans]

Would be hilarious to see no penalties called up until the last minute of play.

 

[Ducks DVM]

Yes. There should be a quota of 99 penalty minutes per game, and the officials should be banned for life if they finish a game without reaching the quota.

 

[Hynh]

If a ref goes a whole period without seeing a single penalty then he's not looking.

 

[MoeBartoli]

Maybe the most ridiculous thread I've seen.....

 

[phillyb]

 

[Puck Tiss]

No. Penalties are when players break the rules

 

[Kane One]

Maybe the most ridiculous thread I've seen.....

Easily the worst question ever asked on HF.

 

[Puck Tiss]

repost

 

[3074326]

They should just call the regular season and postseason the same way.

I can deal with bad calls. Inconsistency is the problem.

(This is NOT a veiled complaint about the Pens loss - the consistency between playoffs and regular season, and from game to game is pretty unacceptable)

 

[Ted Hoffman]

Maybe the most ridiculous thread I've seen.....

You've missed any of the 187 threads about fixing the draft, just for starters.

Easily the worst question ever asked on HF.

Not the worst, but it's way up there in terms of ridiculousness.

 

[KinCornKarn]

This is a fishing thread right?

 

[Rygu]

No?

 

[PattyLafontaine]

They already do. Some teams come playoff time commit loads of penalties daring the referees to call penalties.

 

[Master P]

 

[Alwalys]

No but maybe they should be 1 minute to help them get over affecting the game and call the f***ing right things.

 

[Legend123]

it should be a maximum not a minimum but even then nope

 

[beowulf]

That makes no sense at all...sure let's start calling penalties to make a quota even if none are warranted.

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Jesus, is this serious??

 

[cowboy82nd]

No!

 

[West Coast Eagles]

Wow