Huge clerical error from the Leafs

[Pietrangelo]

Watching the SN feed and the broadcasters mentioned that Toronto had on their roster “#92 - Nylander” (Alex, not William) up until the last minute until someone noticed and corrected it. If this error would have went unnoticed until puck drop the Leafs would have been forced to sit out William Nylander. Yikes.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Interesting detail!

 

[Danarqhy]

Messing up a hugely important detail in a critical game that no one else ever messes up just feels like the most Leafs thing ever LMFAO

 

[Bubbles]

They just talked about it on the panel. Video coach, assistant coach and head coach all missed it. It was the officials that notified the Leafs.

 

[Warden of the North]

Messing up a hugely important detail in a critical game that no one else ever messes up just feels the most Leafs thing ever LMFAO

Yes.

 

[Hunter368]

Cheez that would been a massive f up

 

[Bubbles]

LOL just doing some research and Berube did the same thing with the Blues 3 years ago.

Kyrou has goal, 2 assists, Blues rally to defeat Oilers in shootout | NHL.com

 

[ijuka]

But how do you even get Alex Nylander instead of William Nylander? That would require you to use the name string as the key, right? That sounds ridiculously stupid when you could just use the playerID which would make any such mixups impossible.

 

[Primary Assist]

Shouldn't the title of this thread be "Leafs don't make clerical error"?

 

[Stealth1616]

Officials notifying the leafs about it and allowing them to change it seems a bit sketch, no ?

 

[nofehr]

Officials notifying the leafs about it and allowing them to change it seems a bit sketch, no ?

I'm a Leafs fan, and I kind of agree. Surely, it's not the ref's job to make sure the lineup is correct?

 

[holy]

They just talked about it on the panel. Video coach, assistant coach and head coach all missed it. It was the officials that notified the Leafs.

Classic officials helping the Leafs smh.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Officials notifying the leafs about it and allowing them to change it seems a bit sketch, no ?

They were within their rights to change it, as it had not been officially registered yet.

As for the officials notifying them, it was obviously an error. It’s not like they were giving lineup advice, they basically said “this looks like a mistake, please verify”. It’s fine.

 

[Bruce Granville]

Eff the officials…I would have preferred the joke.

 

[Pietrangelo]

Shouldn't the title of this thread be "Leafs don't make clerical error"?

They made the error, officials notified them of it

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Officials notifying the leafs about it and allowing them to change it seems a bit sketch, no ?

There's a reason the officials look at the game sheet/lineup before the game. Of course they're allowed to change stuff on it before the game starts.

I'm a Leafs fan, and I kind of agree. Surely, it's not the ref's job to make sure the lineup is correct?

In some ways it actually is. I've notified quite a few coaches that they have x amount of players on the ice for warmup & y number of players on the game sheet & to please fix it. I'd also notify them if I thought/knew a player's name was wrong, as it was in this instance, although I don't remember that ever happening.
The first example is 100% the refs job while the second example you wouldn't blame a ref if he missed it but it also shouldn't be a conspiracy theory if they didn't.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Officials notifying the leafs about it and allowing them to change it seems a bit sketch, no ?

I'm a Leafs fan, and I kind of agree. Surely, it's not the ref's job to make sure the lineup is correct?

i assume they check the lineup, that’s why they’re given it, and they notice somethin weird- it is an interesting concern, but to me it falls into the camp of “basic human decency.” You know someone screwed up, you’d do the same for the other team, it’s ok with me. But I do get the concern- when does the ref’s job begin? What crosses the line into unfair help?

Although goddamn that woulda been so funny. Is Alex even there? Would they just dress William and hope no one notices?

 

[Divine]

i assume they check the lineup, that’s why they’re given it, and they notice somethin weird- it is an interesting concern, but to me it falls into the camp of “basic human decency.” You know someone screwed up, you’d do the same for the other team, it’s ok with me. But I do get the concern- when does the ref’s job begin? What crosses the line into unfair help?

Although goddamn that woulda been so funny. Is Alex even there? Would they just dress William and hope no one notices?

I don't think they put Alex's name? They just put the wrong number for Nylander.

Worst case they might have to press a 92 jersey for him.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I don't think they put Alex's name? They just put the wrong number for Nylander.

Worst case they might have to press a 92 jersey for him.

Ah gotcha- that’s just weird in that case, and there is an argument that’s a clerical thing it isn’t their job to correct. Idk, when I thought it was a whole wrong human it seemed a bit more normal to point out- now I think refs shoulda chosen chaos.

 

[Mirka the Turka]

What a dumb rule, we know what they really mean.

 

[Bear of Bad News]

This is actually a thread?

It appears to be, yes.

No need to worry about it further, but thanks for the identification.

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Now if the mistake did go unnoticed, could Alex Nylander at least play the game? He has a pro deal with the Leafs right?

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

What a dumb rule, we know what they really mean.

Irrelevant. It could be some mistake less obvious. And if the game starts and the opposing team goes to the ref W Nylander should be booted from the game.

 

[cyris]

It wouldn’t even have been the first time this happened to the Leafs in the playoffs.
Back in 2002 Mikael Renberg was injured and unavailable and Robert Reichel was healthy and expected to play.
But Renberg’s name was put into the lineup instead of Reichel. The Islanders who were the Leafs 1st round opponent noticed and the Leafs had to play the game without either player.

 

[AlienWorkShop]

Officials notifying the leafs about it and allowing them to change it seems a bit sketch, no ?

As much as it would've been funny for the Leafs to have to pay for a bureaucratic mistake (er, well, not for me as Leafs fan, ha...), I'd imagine the league's main concern is avoiding unnecessary embarrassment, hence allowing a lot of flexibility. Can you imagine the headlines/storylines if we lost Game 6 amidst accidentally leaving Nylander off the roster? It'd be funny, but an embarrassment for both the Leafs and the NHL.

For a somewhat tangential comparison, while the Ayres EBUG game was amusing (particularly for piling on the Leafs!), the league certainly wasn't happy about it. I think there were subsequent discussions about assuring a pro goalie was available for either team, or something like that. Forget if that actually came to anything.

Now if the mistake did go unnoticed, could Alex Nylander at least play the game? He has a pro deal with the Leafs right?

ha, was wondering if he was going to be hauled down from the pressbox to quickly dress and maybe get... 2 shifts. (He had a hot start in the AHL, leading to that sorta fun callup to play with his brother during the midseason injury crisis, but slowed down a lot down the stretch, including a period with 4 points in 18 games before finally heating up at the very end of the year... Presume he'll be back to an AHL deal next year).