QOTW: What would you change about the NHL?
No-touch icing? Realignment? More intense contract restrictions? No more Gary Bettman? What would you change in the NHL?
stephen walkom
Three years ago on Raw Charge: Officiating sucks
Linking to a past post chronicling the absurdity of NHL officiating. How little has changed in three seasons is unnerving.
ECQF Game 4 preview: Pittsburgh Penguins (4) at Tampa Bay Lightning (5)
Will the physicality relent in the Penguins/Lightning ECQF series after the NHL levied suspensions against Chris Kunitz and Steve Downie? Better question: Will Club Two-Minutes ever show a shred of consistency?
Off Topic: In defense of Jim Joyce and the fallibility of on-field officials
Umpires are not infallible, that is what Jim Joyce taught us from his actions post-game in Detroit last night... And that's something all professional leagues need a little more of: on-field officials willing to admit mistakes.
Lightning seek to melt Avalanche in Tampa (game preview)
Bad referee decisions effected the outcome of the last time the Avs and Lightning faced off. That's not likely to be a factor this time around... But you never know. Lightning host the Avs at Times Palace tonight.
A day later...
Stephen Walkom, while not legally blind, stands behind the worst officiating decision by a referee in 2008-09.
