It's funny because I remember when video reviews started becoming a more prevalent occurrence in hockey and I was fully on board with it. I mean why should we not strive for maximum accuracy? Then I encountered a very lengthy review in a game I attended, and then I understood the opposition some people had to it. It really just sucked the energy out of the game, and it got to a point where I didn't really care too much about the outcome of the call anymore and just wanted the game to continue.

I won't claim to have the solution to avoiding these long reviews or anything, because of course accuracy still matters, but I do think something should be done to avoid them. It would be great if they could use some sort of goal line technology to make reviews more automated, or maybe they could put a time limit on reviews before they just revert to the call on the ice. Either way, I do think we could stand to shorten reviews, at the very least.

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