![]() ![]() That isn’t just something that happens at the NHL level either. We’re aware of the fact that referees intentionally move goalposts on what is and isn’t a penalty, and when it is or isn’t, in order to induce parity in individual games. Everyone who watches hockey at any level knows make-good calls exist. It just scapegoats one man for a problem that is systemic. What bothers me about this, (more than Campbell’s Orwellian title, that is) is that firing a lone referee does nothing to ensure integrity. ![]() “Tim Peel’s conduct is in direct contradiction to the adherence to that cornerstone principle…” “Nothing is more important than ensuring the integrity of our game,” said Campbell via a league statement. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly released a statement last night that the NHL would be “taking a look at” at the “hot-mic moment.” Wednesday morning, Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell released a follow-up announcing Peel’s essential firing. The NHL clearly isn’t interested in altering the way their games are officiated either. tKsg2SwGh8- NHL Public Relations March 24, 2021 Referee Tim Peel no longer will be working NHL games now or in the future. But that doesn’t solve the problem really, now does it? Firing Peel does not alter the broken philosophy that permeates hockey officiating. The ruling is really just sending Peel into early retirement since he was set to hang up his skates in the coming months anyway. The NHL has since announced that Peel will no longer be officiating their games. The Problem with NHL Officiating – How it Affects the Islanders & Everyone Else “It wasn’t much, but I wanted to get a penalty against Nashville early in the…” and then the mic cuts off, presumably because Peel or someone else noticed it was recording the conversation. So, when he uttered the words aloud it was heard by everyone watching the Fox Sports Tennessee broadcast of the Predators game against the Detroit Red Wings, not just his fellow officials. Unbeknownst to Peel, his microphone was not muted when he made this admission. He wanted to give a make-good call by penalizing the Nashville Predators. Well, Tuesday, NHL referee Tim Peel admitted to something we already knew unofficially that NHL refs do. Of course, Peel is no longer employed by the NHL and is free to share his thoughts on the game, but it does raise some concern as to how much a referee’s prior bias goes into the decisions they make.If you read my three takeaways piece on the most recent New York Islanders and Washington Capitals game, you may recall a slide in which I talked about the state of NHL officiating and the downfalls of the “make-good call”. ![]() The two posts, combined with others Peel has allegedly tweeted and since deleted (is anybody else noticing a pattern here), opens a pandora's box surrounding the efficacy of NHL refereeing. ![]() Just last week, Peel shared a separate inflammatory tweet, also about Kadri, amid Kadri's saga with Jordan Binnington that has also since been deleted. The NHL released a statement following that incident saying that he would no longer be working NHL games.įollowing his dismissal, Peel joined Twitter in August later that year and has found himself in hot water multiple times over his 10 months on the platform. Peel hasn’t been allowed to referee an NHL game since March 2021, when a hot mic caught him saying that he "wanted to call a penalty" during a Red Wings-Predators matchup. #Stanle圜up | #LetsGoOilers | #GoAvsGo /xRv9dN2WQs Evander Kane was given a 5-minute major for boarding on this hit on Nazem Kadri. ![]()
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