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WaterLink
01/31/23 12:34:28 AM
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NFL: Can call ticky tack penalties to push teams forward or back which puts teams in or out of scoring range (usually holding or PI)
NBA: Can call fouls to get guys to the free throw line for easy points
MLB: Inconsistent strike zones can put baserunners aboard

In the NHL you get a guy in the penalty box, usually for 2 minutes, and during the 5 on 4 time, the team with 4 players is allowed to ice the puck (push the puck from one end of the ice to the other) without an icing violation to waste time on the power play as a consolation for being a player down. I feel like the calls I see in the NHL aren't as ticky tack in other leagues as well. But even on the arguable ones, the power play I feel is less detrimental to how penalties and fouls are treated in other leagues.

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ApherosyLove
01/31/23 12:38:31 AM
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WaterLink posted...
the team with 4 players is allowed to ice the puck (push the puck from one end of the ice to the other) without an icing violation to waste time on the power play as a consolation for being a player down.
this infuriated me so much

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Questionmarktarius
01/31/23 12:42:02 AM
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NHL actually gives a shit about player safety. Even the fights are stopped when someone goes to the ice.
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Medussa
01/31/23 12:46:41 AM
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WaterLink
01/31/23 12:50:06 AM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
NHL actually gives a shit about player safety. Even the fights are stopped when someone goes to the ice.

But there's still some hard hits and bad blood between some team especially in the playoffs. I'd argue the NHL postseason is the best postseason of the 4 major leagues as well. It's a shame there isn't more backing behind it, especially in the South and even the West to a degree. I feel like if more people knew the rules and grew up playing it that it would be way more popular but it's just so expensive and niche in the youth leagues compared to basketball or baseball, and there's way more games than football.

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WaterLink
01/31/23 12:53:32 AM
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Medussa posted...
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I'm not saying that the NHL is completely free of ref influence, I'm just saying that compared to the other leagues, it is the least ref influenced league of the 4. I still remember that Preds/Pens no goal. But even in that game they seemed to call more penalties on the Pens the rest of the game to make up for that but the Preds couldn't cash in.

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Medussa
01/31/23 12:54:21 AM
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WaterLink posted...
I'd argue the NHL postseason is the best postseason of the 4 major leagues as well.

there's no argument. it beats the rest by at least an order of magnitude.

WaterLink posted...
It's a shame there isn't more backing behind it, especially in the South and even the West to a degree. I feel like if more people knew the rules and grew up playing it that it would be way more popular

it takes time, but it's definitely working. Look at Tampa, look at Nashville, look at Dallas. it hasn't been perfect everywhere (and atlanta happened) but the southern expansion era absolutely worked out.

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Medussa
01/31/23 12:57:59 AM
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WaterLink posted...
I'm not saying that the NHL is completely free of ref influence, I'm just saying that compared to the other leagues, it is the least ref influenced league of the 4. I still remember that Preds/Pens no goal. But even in that game they seemed to call more penalties on the Pens the rest of the game to make up for that but the Preds couldn't cash in.

no, you definitely have a point (though i do think baseball is the actual answer). it's just that particular exception is still an open wound.

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Jeremy517
01/31/23 1:02:10 AM
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It is easily NHL now. It might be MLB once it gets robo strike zones in a few years.

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WaterLink
01/31/23 1:14:00 AM
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Medussa posted...
though i do think baseball is the actual answer

I don't mean to be the contrarian here but when an umpire controls the ball and strike determination, I don't care how accurate you think they are the fact is every single pitch is up to their discretion ultimately. By definition they're way more influential with some umps having larger strike zones than others and sometimes being inconsistent with it. The sad thing is we could have automated strike zones and replays for out/safe but they choose to have the human element when that would be by far the easiest sport to automate just due to the structure of it.

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Medussa
01/31/23 1:17:10 AM
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i've seen some horrible umping, but it's usually umpshow umps, and those assholes suck for both teams.

a bad penalty, or no-call late in a tie game is way more influential than a bad strike call, imo, even if it happens way less often.

i could be wrong, but that's my gut instinct (and i do watch a lot of both sports)

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__starsnostars
01/31/23 1:25:44 AM
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I don't know, for most of my life hockey was the primary sport I watched but I've pretty much given up on it now and inconsistent reffing was a large part of it. So I find it hard to believe it's the least influenced by refs. Personally I would say that goes to baseball.

Now I mostly watch soccer (which is even worst in that regard and maybe *the* worst).

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WaterLink
01/31/23 1:45:16 AM
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Medussa posted...
i've seen some horrible umping, but it's usually umpshow umps, and those assholes suck for both teams.

a bad penalty, or no-call late in a tie game is way more influential than a bad strike call, imo, even if it happens way less often.

i could be wrong, but that's my gut instinct (and i do watch a lot of both sports)

OK so you can say an ump is accurate or not, but the fact that they call every ball and strike is by definition ref influenced. I've seen hockey games go entire periods without a penalty called, most of it is very free flowing and free wheeling aside from obvious icing or offsides calls. The game isn't dictated as much by the refs and more so by the players, baseball just simply can't be called less ref influenced when the umps literally call every pitch. Most penalties that are called can't be disputed too much either they're usually pretty obvious.

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Flauros
01/31/23 1:47:28 AM
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I wish hockey was like it was back in the 96-97 seasons :(

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01/31/23 1:48:49 AM
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NHl guys lose teeth like crazy tho

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Medussa
01/31/23 1:49:12 AM
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ok, i see what you're saying. i took it to mean only the impact of bad calls / bad noncalls. if you're talking about how many opinion decisions the officials have to make, then sure, hockey is probably the lowest.

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solosnake
01/31/23 1:50:49 AM
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NBA is the worst. Refs completely dictate the game and the league itself may be rigged.

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WaterLink
01/31/23 2:07:45 AM
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Medussa posted...
ok, i see what you're saying. i took it to mean only the impact of bad calls / bad noncalls. if you're talking about how many opinion decisions the officials have to make, then sure, hockey is probably the lowest.

And I think that's what I like most about hockey. That aspect of least amount of opinion decisions, and also even if there are bad calls, it isn't free points like in basketball or a free 15 yards like in football where it often puts them at least in FG range. In hockey you still have to earn your goals even if you're on the PP. And then if you kill the penalty you're right back on 5 on 5 again, and there's even sometimes where coming right out of the box can lead to an odd man rush so you have that going for you.

I just feel like the way the NHL handles fouls/penalties and also how they usually let the teams play on unless it's something obvious just leads to a better product. I'd hope that anyone in the other leagues that's frustrated with ref influence might give the NHL a chance because just give it a few games and learn the rules and I think a lot of people might be surprised to learn that they actually can like hockey. I live in the south and try to pass the word on and no one gives it a chance, it's just "lol ice soccer" and it makes me sad

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ApherosyLove
01/31/23 2:20:27 AM
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WaterLink posted...
the human element


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GranQroppoop
01/31/23 3:47:43 AM
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I've thought this way for the past year or so now. I still watch more Pistons than Red Wings locally but if I had to pick a national game to watch on tv I'd go with the hockey.

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MabusIncarnate
01/31/23 3:50:26 AM
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Flauros posted...
I wish hockey was like it was back in the 96-97 seasons :(
Fond memories of a long overdue Wings cup win

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gmanthebest
01/31/23 3:51:51 AM
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It's also the most interesting of the pro sports leagues

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Questionmarktarius
01/31/23 10:49:40 AM
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Flauros posted...
I wish hockey was like it was back in the 96-97 seasons :(
About the only way "dead puck eras" will be eradicated is allowing one player to stay offsides.
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AloneIBreak
01/31/23 11:02:12 AM
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NHL is probably the best. The refs usually try to officiate things evenly. Sometimes there are obvious makeup calls though.

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Questionmarktarius
01/31/23 11:08:09 AM
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Hockey penalties are in the rough categories of "fucking up the game" or "fucking up a player" - or sometimes both.
Minor fouls like offside or hand-pass just mean restarting play nearby.

Other sports could take a lesson here.
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ApherosyLove
01/31/23 12:42:55 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Minor fouls like offside or hand-pass just mean restarting play nearby.

Other sports could take a lesson here.
Yeah but like in the NFL isn't there a lot more importance on field position?
You could literally just have your team commit a minor foul on purpose to "restart the play nearby" so the other team can't make a giant play and get better field position.
In hockey it isn't the biggest deal if a play starts in either team's zone because the rink is so much smaller.

Is my thinking.

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Questionmarktarius
01/31/23 12:49:58 PM
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ApherosyLove posted...
You could literally just have your team commit a minor foul on purpose to "restart the play nearby"
That's why hand-pass is allowed in the defensive zone, and why icing brings the puck back to your zone.
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ApherosyLove
01/31/23 12:53:16 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
That's why hand-pass is allowed in the defensive zone, and why icing brings the puck back to your zone.
I'm talking about in NFL, and how NHL "minor fouls" couldn't directly translate well.

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Questionmarktarius
01/31/23 12:56:19 PM
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ApherosyLove posted...
I'm talking about in NFL, and how NHL "minor fouls" couldn't directly translate well.
All the NFL has to do, is pick up and move the chains when a foul happens.
You now have twenty more yards to the goaline after a couple holding calls, instead of being screwed with 3rd & 27.
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ApherosyLove
02/01/23 12:41:34 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
All the NFL has to do, is pick up and move the chains when a foul happens.
You now have twenty more yards to the goaline after a couple holding calls, instead of being screwed with 3rd & 27.
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Questionmarktarius
02/01/23 12:47:26 PM
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ApherosyLove posted...
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Instead of just moving the teams, you move the teams and the chains.
If you have an offensive holding penalty at 1st & 10 on the 30-yard line. You'd now have 1st & 10 on the 40-yard line.

You still have an additional ten yards you have to go to score, but your drive isn't completely screwed over.
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Error1355
02/01/23 12:50:36 PM
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NHL refs will try to 'manage' the game. If one team is getting a lot of penalties then the other team is gonna get one called on the most ticky tacky stuff to try and even it up. Not always, but it happens more than I'd like.

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