Rate by 1 being poor 10 being best, or just give your opinion on each with a little description. Whatever floats your boat.Credibility of Calls on the ice (i.e. missed calls, phantom calls)Referee Interference (Refs getting in the way of play etc.[I‘ve actually noticed this alot lately])Calls from the War Room in Toronto (Goal/No Goal)System of Suspensions in the NHL (Suspenensions too light? Too harsh?)Hooking/Holding (Do they call it too much? Not enough? Remember the way the Old NHL used to be)Linesman (i.e. catching offsides/too many men)Shots to the head (Elbows, punches etcDo refs catch it enough?)Feel free to add anything else.
Credibility of Calls on the ice - 6 (Most of the penalties they do call are accurate, the real problem is with consistency. Penalties should be called the same way throughout the entire game, and for both teams. Regardless of if you're already on the powerplay/kill, how many powerplays/kills you've had so far in the game, the score of the game, or the time remaining in the game. And, in my opinion, this isn't happening.) Referee Interference - 9 (I haven't noticed a ton until recently) Calls from the War Room in Toronto - 5 (They need to fix the kicking rule, to make it easier to determine a kicking motion, or eliminate the rule altogether. Also, conclusive video evidence has been a relative term lately) System of Suspensions in the NHL - 4 (Far too light) Hooking/Holding - 6 (I would like to see it a lot less, simply because there's so much, and it can't be called fairly or someone would be in the box the entire game) Linesman - 9 (I rarely can catch the linesman in a mistake, and when I do, it's usually on a 'too many men' situation) Shots to the head - 8 (Most of them are seen) Overall, they get a score between 6 and 7. This review is probably too positive in comparison to my feelings while I'm actually watching the games.
Credibility of Calls: 9. No-one is perfect, they are not going to see every infraction and they are going to see things that they think are penalties. Referee Interference: 10. I haven't noticed the increase you are talking about but hockey players move faster than any other athletes, on a pair of steak knives and on a playing surface with no out of bounds. Considering that, I think they do a heck of a job staying out of the way. Calls from the War Room: 8. The system needs some tweaking. Hooking/Holding: 9. I don't necessarily like the way it is being called but that is what the league is asking for. Linesmen: 10. The most under appreciated job in all of sports. These guys rarely miss a call, they do the dirty work and get little to no recognition for it. They only time you do notice them is when they get hurt or do screw up, neither of which happens too often. Shots to the Head: 7. It's a difficult problem with an even more difficult solution.
