Apart from Belarusians and Russians, who's saying that?
People from all european countries. Are this question for real? On top of that, if a person says european referees should be at World Cup, it means he thinks they are good. Why would he want them otherwise? That would be silly, wouldn't be? Those people think it's not good to have NHL referees only at World Cup. In my opinion it is good, because of NHL style of play, NHL ice, NHL rules and mainly, they are simply better. If you don't want them though and want IIHF referees rather, it must mean that you think they are better than the NHL ones or you trust them more (which is nonsense, but be it... how many games were judged by NHL referees at 2010 olympics, 2014 olympics? Did you, or anybody else, find something that would make them less credible than IIHF referees ? Or worse? Did they look like they were making bad, unbalanced calls?
This final is a joke, Finns have no chance with the garbage calls against them . Malkin should have gotten 5 at the start of the game that was missed. The first call against Finland while they were on the PP in the second period is either, utter incompetence or the fix is in !?
Agree.
The Russians may win 4 Worlds in a row
still they haven't won anything big in modern era
Why? What's fair with having all Canadian referees in olympic gold medal game between Canada-Sweden? It's ridiculous. Also all world cup/Canada cup finals are played in NA. NA referees in NA, how is that fair to the European teams? No matter if most European players play in NHL. Olympics and especially World cup will be fixed for NA to win.
This a quote from other thread, this is exactly what Jagr said after this tournament:
Oh wait. It's from this thread, but you are probably ignoring it. The players' opinion doesn't matter, huh?
as per JJ68 interview
http://www.hokej.cz/cz/ms-2014/jaro...sti-ale-hokej-je-jiny-nez-ho-hraju-ja-rika/#1
below is my translation of a single question from the interview
Are you giving up? Are you done? (in national team)
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Of course! And the referees should go with me. Guys, this is the worst I've ever seen. Not in the match against Sweden, but overall during the whole championship. When I come back to NHL, I will congratulate referees after every match, tell them how great they are. If I played the most important match of my career against USA or CAN, I would like it to be refereed by 4 officials from NA. With all due respect, the referees at this WC are amateurs.
Also, if a tournament is played on NHL ice, you say it's not fair to european teams. And if a tournament is played on european ice, is it fair to Canada and USA? It goes both ways. But the important thing is this. You're saying 'no matter if most european players play the NHL'. Wrong. It matters. At the olympics, Team Sweden had only 2 players from Europe. How excatly would that not fair for the 23 other players, playing normally in the NHL, to play on NHL ice? Yeah, makes sense.
Yes some people do think like this.
But I guess swedish referees in a World cup final in Sweden between Sweden and Canada would be fine for you North Americans?
BTW, why do NA fans think NHL referees are the best in the world? It's strange becsuse I hear much complaining about them during the NHL seasons.
You don't see the difference. The NHL referees are simply way better than the european ones. I would be ok if 4 Americans from the NHL would judge the olympic final between Canada and USA. See again, what Jagr said above.
