Quote:Written Task: How do you feel about video review in hockey right now? Do long reviews annoy you? Do you think missed calls are just part of the game, or would you want to strive for maximum accuracy? What kind of calls are OK to miss from time to time and what kind of calls need to be as accurate as possible? In a similar vein would you like to see things like goal calls and offsides automated? Should a camera be used to make those calls automatically rather than relying on the ref's human eye? Tell me where you stand on all this kind of stuff! (150+ words)

I think video review is a good thing. No, long reviews don’t annoy me because I’m never in the arena itself and can always do other shit while it’s happening. The best thing to strive for is to stay true to what’s happening on the ice regardless of human error in refereeing. I think if a call is wrong and there’s a way to correct that then it should be done… within reason. There are limits to how deep down the rabbit hole I’d be willing to go to correct human error, and there also similarly needs to be a priority put on maintaining a good flow to the hockey games.

I have to admit though. I have been frustrated sometimes with some of the offsides calls especially when they happen ages before the goal is scored. That just seems very against the spirit of video review, though I do understand the need for having a standard that encompasses every play and not having an arbitrary time limit on when the offsides occurs wrt the goal scored.