Dr Black
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- Oct 31, 2015
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Offside was put in place to prevent blatant cherrypicking. There were so many close offsides that went uncalled in the 80’s & it was awesome! During the last decade the linesman have gotten very good and a blatant miss rarely happens. The replays & micro analyzing of offsides is ruining the game. Viewing to see if a player's toe is over the line by an eight of an inch, or if his skate is completely on the ice from 10 different angles is ridiculous. Goals called back after 20+ seconds of solid zone time is also ludicrous. Either do away with coaches challenges and replays for offsides or make it sensible like the OP suggested.
NHL linesmen are the best in the world at what they do. As a result, a blatant miss rarely happens! This is why I'm so angry that the league would create this abomination of a rule in the first place. They have essentially killed a house fly with a cannon.