Hockey Prompt:

As far as diving and embellishment calls, I think they are warranted when they happen but you do not tend to see them a whole lot. I am not sure if they should be called more but again I think they only deserve to be called when they happen. The thing I do not like about embellishment calls in the NHL is that refs usually call them as well as another penalty and that does not seem like a correct call to make. Example how do you call both a trip and an embellishment call if the player that got the penalty actually tripped the player. There should be no embellishment calls when an actual penalty is called by the refs. As far as players with reputations for embellishment, I do not believe there are really too many players that have a strong reputation in regards to getting embellishment calls. I think embellishment calls should only happen when they are very obvious.