Uh Oh, Skettio's! posted by Goon Squad
Officiating has become so intolerable that one general manager filed a protest in a league that doesn't allow protests and several coaches have talked about reading the rulebook again to see if it had changed.
Bettman has put out many fires in his time as NHL commissioner.
On Tuesday, with the Burrows allegations, it was just a spark – and now smoke can be seen coming from Detroit.
NHL rules state that if a call on the ice is to be overturned there must be substantial video evidence to back up overturning a call.
In this case there was none whatsover--just the word of Mike Leggo, the trailing official who claims he saw what no video camera could--the puck crossing the goal line.
What is the point of having video replay if it's not going to be used for it's intended purpose?
With two teams battling for a very important extra point, assuming the puck crossed the line and going against standard practice, which is substantial video evidence, is absurd. Yet, for the second time in a few days, we have an officiating controversy.
Maybe the call was correct, but the point is that we cannot assume a puck crossed the line.
It was an injustice to the Red Wings, who for the second time this season have been on the wrong end of, plainly stated, an incorrect call.
Coincidentally or not, both games were against Dallas:


