Stars99Lobo37
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Caught the tail ending of the US Canada women showdown this morning, and good God those refs were an embarrassment. Definitely not why the US lost even if the refs gave Canada a free goal, but they were terribad.
OT: XXII Olympic Winter Games - Sochi 2014
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I watched the whole thing; USA played well.
They need to bring in NHL refs for these games. Japan scored a clear goal the other day against Russia and the refs didn't review it (didn't even get into the right position on the ice to see it while it happened). And of course today's puck that went in after the whistle. I give refs a break on things like uncalled or poorly called penalties - sometimes those are very hard to see and happen quickly and both teams have to put up with bad calls. But goals? You gotta get that **** right 100% of the time. Both of those games were decided by 1 goal so poor calls by the refs did make an impact.
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They got business in my hockey, and I hate it.
It's just... how hard is it to put an RFID chip in a puck and cram a scanner and a wireless kit into a net? Seriously.
piqued
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Isn't the problem that any chip would be centrally placed within a puck while the rule is that the entire puck has to cross the line? If the puck always remained flat it would still work because you could compensate but since the distance to the outer edge is smaller when it's up on end or fluttering... you'd need like a multi-axis accelerometer in there as well. Then multiply that by the number of pucks that get used each game.
We put a man on the moon, we could make it happen and it wouldn't be very difficult. But it might not be very cost effective. Video review seems to work just fine in 99.99% of cases (and would have been sufficient in these cases). Or put in refs that aren't from the bush league. And I'm not sure why men's games need 2 refs but women only need 1....whatever. I'm butt hurt I admit it, but I think its justified.
He's a scratch
I can't be too disappointed though, it seems his conditioning isn't *quite* up to a full nhl season yet (and that's not a knock on the kid, he's only 18 and doing extremely well for a rookie in my estimation) so a little rest could be good for him. Just being able to practice with the likes of Datsyuk, Malkin, Ovie should be good for him; and I'm sure it's also nice for a foreign rookie to be able to visit "home" during the middle of the season.
Make it in the same vain as FoxTrax glow puck. Obviously leave out glow technology but RFID sensors in each location of current lights. If all RFID sensors go off then good goal, or something like that
http://www.slate.com/articles/sport...orst_blunder_in_tv_sports_history_or_was.html
Stars99Lobo37
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Could they not make a chip that just was the entire size of the puck? Surely wouldn't add too much weight to it.
Cost would be pretty big I'd imagine.
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In the Olympics? They need to cut cost to make that happen? I would say that's a pretty weak excuse.
That could work for some NCAA women's game.
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Hahaa that is awesome, has EA Sports NHL from the 90's all over it. Still remember that pizza sized puck and glowing purple hue and the comet tail... Good times
Elysian
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DVR'd the Finland vs. Austria game, watching it now... Rask looks twitchy, nervous... Early in the game still but he let in 2 goals on the first 3 shots of the game... Feel like Kari wouldn't have let those in. Finland has been matching Austria's offense though, which makes it pretty fun to watch.
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Such a nice goal, don't impress them too much Val, we don't need the KHL trying to steal you from us.
He's been fantastic today except for one giveaway in the defensive end.
He's been fantastic today except for one giveaway in the defensive end.
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I didn't realize the Olympics were played across an entire continent for 6 to 8 months. I mean seriously ... you're going to argue 3 or 4 additional refs is cost prohibitive? That seems like a reasonable argument to you? We're talking about 2 weeks here ... at a central location ... that happens once every 4 years. Even the AHL tries to use two refs when they can and money would be a reasonable argument where they are concerned.
Stars99Lobo37
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What happened to Nuke being scratched? Glad to see him score.
Big performance from Team USA. Didn't think they had it in em.
Big performance from Team USA. Didn't think they had it in em.
