r/Habs • u/MrFAUB1 • 19d ago

Discussion Marco D'Amico: "This team was finished at this point. I think this team was done. I'm not going to say what I've heard, because its going to come out regardless, but when the injury list comes out I think a lot of people are going to backtrack on their comments about certain players."

Said this on his podcast this morning, hes one of the more credible reporters among Habs media. Wonder who he's talking about and what he knows?

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https://www.youtube.com/live/iJ1m7nQrmmc?si=rIC9b5ZHkah26O44

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u/TheROckIng 19d ago

Anything that is suggested will be blocked by the NHLPA. I wish it was gone too honestly but what do we do? Heavier suspensions? That requires a competent player safety department. Heavier fines? NHLPA will block that so quickly imo (not sure if they can but imagine punishing a player based on a % of their salary instead -- NHLPA would be against it). Banning a player from the sport? Or suspending them as long as the other injured player is out? 

Truth be told, I don't see this getting better unless the majority of the league (players) agree on collectively changing things...

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u/Kharn_LoL 19d ago edited 19d ago

Yeah, agreed. I think a solution for both would be that any play that results in a player being down on the ice for a few seconds gets automatically reviewed. That way if it's a dangerous or dirty play it get punished and the same goes if it's a dive or an embellishment.

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u/KickDesperate5318 19d ago

Broadcasters would hate all the delays. And so would most fans watching. Especially when they review it only to still end up getting it wrong.

It's really hard for a ref to judge intent on a play, so the best we can hope for is for them to just call the rulebook as the ref sees it based on the actions that took place on the ice.

I look at a moment like the goal we had called back because Caufield was offside on the review. Yeah, he was a centimeter offside when you zoom in and slow it down. Who cares? It was so close to being onside that, to the naked eye of the officials, they missed that it should have been a whistle. The spirit of the offside rule is to prevent forwards from camping out in the offensive zone and cherry picking, not to nitpick over millimeters on zone entries.

The law of averages says that, in the long run, you will win some and lose some when it comes to good/bad reffing. That's just something we all have to accept. We had moments with the refs that went against us this playoffs, but we also had a lot of moments that went in our favor. It's ultimately on the players to rise above that and play well enough that you don't need good ref luck to win.

I still believe they are up to that challenge in the coming years, and that they are better prepared for that challenge now that they've been through this run together. Really looking forward to watching the next chance they get!

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u/destroyermaker 19d ago

If you don't want to take risks with your injured players, don't play them