“We’ve handed out lots of (goaltender interference) penalties this year and we’ve taken down goals when it’s clear goalies have been tampered with,” Murphy said, using Red Wings forward Tomas Holmstrom’s disallowed goal Saturday against San Jose as an example.

“We’ve always maintained goaltenders should be free to do their job ‘in the blue’ (i.e., the crease), and that’s something (director of officiating) Stephen Walkom emphasizes with the officials on a weekly, even daily basis.”

What a load of BS.

You’re exactly right, Firebird. A replay system may slow the game down but it should result in fair calls as compensation.

In order to fix that problem…I also remember back in the day that the refs would go over to that little spot by the penalty box, where a guy would hand them a phone through a little hole in the glass. On the other end of that phone would be a little guy in the video review booth that would confirm or overrule calls. I don’t see that anymore…What happened to that system?

Also, I’m not sure, but I do know that in football the coaches can challenge plays (like 2 challenges or something and they take that out of the timeouts…) I think it would be great if they did this for Hockey as well (if they don’t have that already…but I imagine if they did then Babcock would have done it.) I remember them saying that plays that “went up to the booth take too much time out of the game. It’s not fair for the fans” or something that that. However, fans don’t deserve an unfair call. The deserve a fair game, and they shouldn’t have a problem if it only takes five minutes or less to do. So I say we should combine the “going to the booth” rule and the “challenge” rule.

-firebird995