![]() If he has this thought process, then it’s not unbelievable that other officials have it as well.Ī retired ref once talked to a group of NHL broadcasters and told a 90s story. He was one of the most tenured officials in the league. He has 1,343 NHL games and 90 NHL playoff games under his belt. Tim Peel has been an NHL official since October 21, 1999. The league did the absolute bare minimum and now wants to be applauded like they did something noteworthy. Nowhere does it state it will actively conduct a thorough review of the league's officiating arm to try and curb this mentality. Nowhere in the NHL’s statement addresses the real issue here the make-up call pandemic that plagues the NHL. It’s comical, embarrassing, and downright lugubrious that a professional sports league repeatedly fails at handling the officiating situation time and time again. Whether it’s enforcing headshot rules, inconsistent officiating, make-up calls, swallowing whistles entirely, or employing individuals who are incapable of adjudicating suspensions appropriately, the NHL consistently misses the mark. Additionally, the fact Colin Campbell proclaims this is for “the integrity of the game” when he himself has jeopardized that very facet during his tenure with the league (and is still employed by said league!) is hypocritical and cronyistic. Firing Peel is doing something, yes, but it’s along the lines of rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. The NHL appears more concerned about what was said rather than what it confirms. tKsg2SwGh8- NHL Public Relations March 24, 2021 Referee Tim Peel no longer will be working NHL games now or in the future. This morning, the NHL came out with an official statement. Reached for comment regarding the hot-mic moment involving an official in Nashville, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly tells The Athletic, “We are taking a look at it.”- Adam Vingan March 24, 2021 ![]() The NHL, predictably, responded in a lukewarm fashion. ![]() "It wasn't much but I wanted to get a fuckin' penalty against Nashville early in the." #Preds #LGRW /6fZImkdqLr- Matt Best March 24, 2021 Maybe if you're a mic'd up ref, you shouldn't express how you wanted to call a penalty against a team earlier in the game, changing how you ref the rest of the game. Last night, now former NHL referee Tim Peel said the quiet part out loud. It’s been a quiet underlying issue for decades. It’s so embedded into the culture of the sport that, in some cases, we merely shrug at calls in apathy and say, “that’s NHL officiating.” It’s baked into the entertainment experience of the NHL. Everyone knows make-up calls happen in every game. Everyone knows the rulebook is enforced in two separate manners during the regular season and playoffs. Any fan of hockey knows the NHL’s officiating is suspect most of the time and outright egregious at the most inopportune times.
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