Well, you see, that's the point isn't it. If this happened in a meaningless game, what would you be thinking in a game 7?? Ah, not exactly the type of reality check the NHL is likely to want to hear or see, but the truth remains that the human error factor is critical to the balance of teams that are parallel in talent deciding the games by small margins in error, the overall assessment of the game in theory. How can we be diligent in the management of the percentage of the games in critical situations? Again the issue arises, why we aren’t using instant replay in the playoffs!?
My only concern with the NHL is the consistent baffled and bemused calls made by the refs at either critical junctures, or momentum swings in the direction for either opponent. If you were to ask me, I’d say it was because the NHL consistently tries to enable the best possible solution for the league. By this I mean enabling lowly teams in a lowly market to generate revenue. Yeah, it sounds far fetched, but why would we see penalty calls made to equal the balance on paper. Now you know. Gary Bettman is a small weasel type personality with the fixed propensity to facilitate the league.
So, when you see a team put on the power play early to compensate for the lack of talent, or placed on the penalty shot for the same, be aware that there is a way to compensate for a large human error factor. The instant replay is the management of the error percentage, only allowing small and insignificant errors to be at play during the course of the competition.
