Rate The Officiating During This Playoffs

[edevils]

Rate The Officiating During This Playoffs

1=lowest quality
5=highest quality

 

[NyQuil]

They seem to miss or undervalue big infractions while calling the lamest ticky tack calls.

 

[Summer Rose]

I voted 3 because I considered it from a relativistic perspective. It’s just more of the same - no better nor worse than the regular season or recent years.

 

[NyQuil]

Can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’ve really enjoyed Sportsnet….compared to MAX’s broadcast, so much better. MAX’s booth and panel has been a snooze fest. Although, I do appreciate when they show games. But Biz has turned up his shtick ten fold since the trade deadline and it’s awful. Carter is boring, Hank offers some nice insight and the host really isn’t for me

I think officiating is about the officials as opposed to announcing?

OP wasn’t really clear.

 

[shello]

I think officiating is about the officials as opposed to announcing?

OP wasn’t really clear.

Gosh, maybe it’s time for bed after all. Misread that completely

 

[Ollie Weeks]

It’s literally the same as it’s been every year.

Penalties galore for 3 or 4 games of Round 1, then whistles start magically not working.

 

[Tobias Kahun]

call ticky tacky trips/hooks while ignoring dangerous obvious crosschecks/elbows.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

5/5 A1 job from me

 

[CactusCap]

Me and my Caps boys gonna be smashing that 5.

 

[coolboarder]

Might as well rate for each individual's work from top to bottom so we can take a look at their overall work. I think all referee do miss calls but how much of the bias they do have toward certain teams count by the overall historical work spanned across mutli-seasons and whether some referees has improved their performance over time with the ability to be consistent with their calls or they don't really show much of their bias.

It is very difficult to assessment by the NHL official director because the director do have their favoritism and reward them of a playoff assignment undeservedly showing their bias toward a certain teams as well. What the NHL needs to allow the teams in a series pick their own preference and if one of their preference matches, they work in a certain series for a few games. Not every team like the same official but at least let the each individual submit their preference to the league and assign them accordingly by each teams' ranking. If too many teams wants specific referee working then the league would have to put in a drawing pot to prevent some rigging or bias going on there. That is my take on this very issue. I'm sure that because of the director's favoritism, they do overlook most excellent referee not working in the playoffs for some reason: lack of experience or trust in a certain referees.

 

[Summer Rose]

Might as well rate for each individual's work from top to bottom so we can take a look at their overall work. I think all referee do miss calls but how much of the bias they do have toward certain teams count by the overall historical work spanned across mutli-seasons and whether some referees has improved their performance over time with the ability to be consistent with their calls or they don't really show much of their bias.

It is very difficult to assessment by the NHL official director because the director do have their favoritism and reward them of a playoff assignment undeservedly showing their bias toward a certain teams as well. What the NHL needs to allow the teams in a series pick their own preference and if one of their preference matches, they work in a certain series for a few games. Not every team like the same official but at least let the each individual submit their preference to the league and assign them accordingly by each teams' ranking. If too many teams wants specific referee working then the league would have to put in a drawing pot to prevent some rigging or bias going on there. That is my take on this very issue. I'm sure that because of the director's favoritism, they do overlook most excellent referee not working in the playoffs for some reason: lack of experience or trust in a certain referees.

You're not wrong. The referees are human, and bias, however slight, is just human nature. I was also a referee once, and I was guilty of it myself, which I tried to not let affect how I called games, but I'm sure it got to me on some occasions. Whether it was myself or the NHL officials, work with the same teams, coaches, and players for years on end, and over time there are going to be people where even before the games begin, your reaction to them being there is "oh it's you again, you little shit." You're less inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt on certain things. It goes the other way too with a little favoritism affecting your attitude. I think they do a decent job of not letting it get in the way of calling games as they are instructed to by the league (which I also think they do a good enough job at, but if you think the way they get instructed to call games is an issue, that's a fair opinion to hold), but I won't pretend like it doesn't affect them at least a little from time to time. I also think the league does a decent enough job of scheduling officials in order to work around those who may have a little bit of bias for or against certain league entities, but at some point you only have so many qualified officials to go around assigning.

 

[Ratsreign]

Same as it ever was....

 

[JoeSakic13]

Voted 1, but that’s just reffing in general for years.

Nothing new to any series, but a lot of inconsistency in calls. I’m fine with the “let them play” approach, but as always there’s some calls sprinkled in there that are head scratchers. Not to mention some missed calls that are egregious.

 

[Cup Or Bust]

Officiating in the NHL is not meant to be good, it is meant to manage games. The word "discretion" is in the NHL rule book over 60 times, which means in most cases it is up to the ref if something is a penalty or not.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

0

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Not great, but this doesn't make the NHL special, it makes the NHL normal.

 

[StrangeVision]

Has anyone anywhere at any time ever been satisfied with the work of the officials?

I mean other than Panthers fans, because the league loves us more than you guys.

 

[DaveG]

They seem to miss or undervalue big infractions while calling the lamest ticky tack calls.

 

[SirKillalot]

Officiating in the NHL is not meant to be good, it is meant to manage games. The word "discretion" is in the NHL rule book over 60 times, which means in most cases it is up to the ref if something is a penalty or not.

And this is the problem.
Call a penalty a 100/100 times and not skip it when your team is down by 2 and call it only on the other team. Or call only on your team when you are up by 2, but not on them. When its the same infractions.

 

[overlords]

 

[M88K]

It's bad, like always.
The NHL's game management directive is probably worse than it's ever been.

 

[SirPaste]

No different than usual IMO, been some missed calls and weak calls both ways but nothing earth shattering at least in the games I've seen.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

About 8.5 on the Game management scale.

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

I think if they could just manage not to miss the blatant, potentially injury causing penalties, id be ok with clutch and grab, hook, etc

But there have been more than even a handful of crosschecks to the face, or forearms to the head that a ref is literally watching and saying “nope, im not calling that.” Even a guy like Kane who was driven into the net from behind by Clarke last night, what if he eats crossbar? Yes i dont like the guy but as a ref, thats not game management, its player safety

Id have no problem if some of the potential, high risk misses were able to be called down on by an off ice official

In general, the bar is low. Dont ignore egregious calls and i think most are okay with let it go mentality

 

[AlexModvechkin8]

I would like to see them be more consistent with the unnecessary stuff that can get guys hurt. Alexeyev got Gallagher in the face in G1 with a nasty crosscheck but Gallagher started it with crosschecks of his own — both should have gone to the box and Alexeyev probably should have gotten an extra minor on top but neither guy got anything. Those kind of interactions can actually hurt people and have no influence on the game. Demidov gave a nasty slewfoot to Tom Wilson which went uncalled. I am sure Habs fans have their own list of plays that they think were unnecessary and dangerous.

My opinion is that not calling things like that leads guys to retaliating because they feel if the refs won’t protect them, they need to protect themselves. Keep the big hits, let the guys battle, but call the extra bullshit more tightly. Much more entertaining and impactful to the game to see Wilson hit Carrier than it is to see guys crushing each other in the teeth with their sticks after the whistle.