The officiating has been suspect all year, that’s for sure. But in tonights matchup in Philly with the Philedelphia Flyers against the New Jersey Devils, we had possibly the worst call yet! After a terribly late whistle on an icing play, Luke Hughes got crushed by Garnet Hathaway into the boards. It was a compltely avoidable sequence had the linseman just blown the whistle on time but instead, it resulted in a dangerous hit on Hughes. To make it worse, Hathaway was assesed a 5 minute major and a game misconduct. I cover it all in todays NHL hockey video!
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the whistle was AFTER the hit
The late whistle was DEF the bad call, but if you watch the hit, it's a clear case of boarding and IMO the hit was kinda high making it a dangerous hit. Yes Luke should have braced for the impact but still. Personally I think this should be reviewed by player safety, but that is just me. On the flipside, I agree with Player safety looking at the smith slash, it was sus (And this coming from a die hard Devils fan)
Icing call was late/blown but boarding is independent of whether there is a whistle or not. We’re it not icing, it could still be boarding.
Does this get an "OFF THE FLOOR! ON THE BOARD!" reference, or is that still too soon? Asking for Ducks fans.
This is 100% the linesman’s fault and should be disciplined…but that doesn’t happen unless they’re caught on a hot mic.
The whole rule was to prevent this! Fuck the refs!
Devils fan here: This was a clean hit UNLESS the linesman was already calling out "ICING!", but I don't hear it on the replay. The guy just forgot to blow his whistle?
Was it a major? No way.
Here's an example of a young, inexperienced kid not remembering to be prepared for contact. Hate to say it, but these younger players are not being taught to protect themselves but to rather depend upon the officials to do so. You see the same thing happen when a guy gets drilled in the back against the boards to because he's been taught "protect the puck" with his body.
anything violent in sports we flag/call now a day cuz sports is for everyone right🙃😂
Hathaway is 🐔💩. – Olivier (CBJ) 🤣
It's been the worst ever since the 2019 playoffs imo
These guys need to be FIRED things like that could have been real bad injury
why do their jerserys not say L.Hughes or J.Hughes
2 wrongs… make 2 f’ing WRONGS!
Man the refs definitely wouldve called that live for the ducks no icing
Now that the NHL has embraced gambling, the refs and their reign of error will absolutely be called into question🤬
Is that was my brother I would’ve lost it
1. Ref blew it late and screwed up
2. Hit wad clean
3. Horrible call on a 5min boarding
4. Luke Hughes needs to protect himself. Just assumed the play was dead and gave up and it's why he's now injured.
This is literally why they changed the icing rule in 2013
Because of who it was he gets a game …phuck outta here
THIS, is why the rule for icing was changed
Honestly no interest anymore to watch this sport. It s not ice hockey anymore it s something else. Ice Dancing maybe? Mayor for what? The problem is people like hughes are too soft for this league and to small. They are not made for hard hockey. They fell on the ice after every body contact. It s a joke. These should be the new superstars? Superstars of what?
Refereeing NEEDS TO BE BETTER throughout hockey and I'm sure other sports. All the way from the minor leagues to the professional leagues. It's absolutely unacceptable how mediocre refereeing has become….FIGURE IT OUT REFS and stop using the excuse "that's what I saw from my angle," if your a ref and reading this…BE BETTER!
Worst part is it happened MORE THAN ONCE in that game. Thankfully the other 2 or 3 times they did it the players were more aware and didn't have any issues but even the commentators were confused why they aren't blowing the whistle sooner. Yet another $#!^ show of officiating.
And later in the game proceeded to call a 2 handed lumberjack chop a 2 minute minor🙃
Torts is a wanker anyways. Keep him away from coaching.
It actually shouldn't be a penalty at all because when the player doesn't hear the whistle he's going to continue to play. The linesman should be held responsible for that should be fined and suspended for at least two games.
There should have been no penalty on the play. The check was thrown the whistle was blown after. The linesman is to blame for this play. The linesman should be fined and suspended. But once again when you play hockey you play until you hear the whistle. And it wasn't even a dirty hit.
Icing or not, it's boarding. Go read the NHL rulebook. Any boarding call that results in an injury is an automatic 5+GM. Whistle should have been blown but that's still a major penalty.
Why are we not talking about Hathaway getting pushed into Hughes???
Similar thing happen to Hughes in Avs game
Totally correct call. Boarding is Boarding. The whistle could have prevented the hit (perhaps), but the absence of whistle doesn't create a scenario where BOARDING is suddenly a legal play.
NHL Network showed the play but without the audio, they just said "He hit him on an icing," "it was a late hit." They refuse to admit the refs are ever at fault, so they muted the audio and talked over the video.
The referees this year have been horrendous. I don't know who's hiring these fucking bums but they all need to be under review.
Thats what happens when your a dirty player though, your not gonna get the benefit of doubt
I think it’s just across the board egregious. No consistency not even just across the board but in the same game! The Rags have been BULLIED by the refs this year and at the same time Troubs doesn’t get a suspension for that wack to the head. I love the guy and the team but that’s not how a captain acts and he should’ve been suspended for a game or two
Where’s the misconduct and suspension for the refs?
Wah wah wah NHL is getting soft just like all professional sports.
No way is that a game misconduct. Hathaway was pushed from behind by Siegenthaler. 5 minutes is even a stretch.
Complete garbage
The refs either need retraining or be replaced and what’s up with the two referees getting in the middle of two players fighting. I blame the refs on that as well or next time you jump in you deserve to get knocked out… idiots!!! Let the players fight it out… tired of the pushing and shoving. Let the players defend each other. This games gotten like two hand touch football only it’s hockey!!! Grow some balls bettman
Wasnt the whole point of the no touch icing to avoid shit like this?
NHL reffing has OFICIALLY surpassed the CFL in shittiness.
The refs blew this… and likely gave Hathaway the misconduct to cover up their own mistake. The officials spent the rest of the game missing obvious calls, calling really soft penalties… on both teams. REALLY embarrassing from the league that they let this continue… especially now officiating is putting guys in danger.
Don’t forget the 2-handed slash on Knoecny that should have been a match penalty and suspension. If he broke his arm it should have also been criminal, and charged as assault.
Sooooo if this wasn't icing it would be a clean play. to throw somebody at the boards like that with no intention of playing the puck?
Refs need to own up at times. Disgusting the officials aren’t held accountable for their decisions