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GDT: Game 56: Red Wings vs wild 12:30 pm et 2/22/25

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Sadekuuro said:
Have they ever actually clarified the difference between when it's "intent to blow" and you're screwed and when it's a "continuation" and it counts because they would have scored anyway? Because it still seems like they just do whatever they're feeling like.
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not that I know of. Even the rules analyst guy said it's a grey area lol
 
chances14 said:
what a strange goal. haven't seen that one before. But that's why you never give up on the play. Great awareness by larkin to realize it didn't go in initially
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Then you get into situations where guys are whacking the goalie after the whistles because you can't rely on the whistle or goal horn. No, the whistle goes, the play is dead unless the guy is midshot or something
 
Sadekuuro said:
Have they ever actually clarified the difference between when it's "intent to blow" and you're screwed and when it's a "continuation" and it counts because they would have scored anyway? Because it still seems like they just do whatever they're feeling like.
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It gets even more confusing because they don't actually blow the whistle on a goal. they point at the net.

It definitely feels like they do whatever the heck they want.
 
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SoupGuru said:
The guy that flips the red light on is an official. That ref doesn't have a whistle. He has a light and a really loud horn.
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Is he? I thought the red light was an arena guy once they got rid of the goal judges in the box behind the net.

EDIT: You're right. after doing some internetting it looks like goal judges were moved in seats behind the goal or could be moved to the press box for video review, but are still the ones flipping the light.

I guess I never really thought about it, and how it would be a terrible idea to leave it in the hands of an arena employee.
 
For many years it was just "intent to blow" and affected everyone more or less equally. Then a few years ago we played the Pens, whistle blows and Malkin scores moments later, it somehow counts because "continuation" -- I have never really understood the rule since. Nothing was more baffling than that first one.
 
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Sadekuuro said:
For many years it was just "intent to blow" and affected everyone more or less equally. Then a few years ago we played the Pens, whistle blows and Malkin scores moments later, it somehow counts because "continuation" -- I have never really understood the rule since. Nothing was more baffling than that first one.
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Agreed. The NHL will stop a game for 5 minutes to see if a guy was a millimeter offside 30 seconds before a goal was scored, but introduce even more ambiguity into the game with "continuation calls." And in my opinion also by extending the blueline as a vertical plane so a player no longer has to have his skate on the ice.
 
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