If goal reviews in the NHL - and really any “challenge” process in sports - proves anything, it’s that there are times when you simply can’t make everyone happy.
With replays readily available online and with TV instant replay, fans can dissect missed calls - or calls they perceive as missed calls - as they fasten their tin foil hats.
So, the league decided to allow goals to be reviewed and ... there are still plenty of people who are unhappy.
Take San Jose Sharks defenseman Brenden Dillon, for instance. On Thursday, he had a goal disallowed, but he’s (allegedly) more steamed about the arduous eight-minute process to determine the no-goal.
“They obviously have to tweak a couple things,” Dillon said, according to the Mercury News. “Whether, hey, it’s a five-minute window. If you can’t find enough evidence in that five minutes, or that three minutes, which would be preferable for us players, instead of having your goalie sitting around. …
“It could be a big momentum shift if the call goes the opposite way, which it did. But it’s frustrating.”
If you’re the league, the instinct might be to reply with a mere ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
As Peter DeBoer notes in that same article, these are tough calls, and it’s important to get things right. Or as right as you can. We’re not ordering a Domino’s pizza here, right?
Anyway, check out the play in question and decide for yourself. And with no time limit.