Originally Posted by
conscript
Trust me man, it isn't Preds fans that want to talk about that rule, it is EVERYONE. Intent to blow has cost the Wings countless huge goals in the playoffs. It is the most absurd and stupid rule in hockey. With Intent to Blow on the books, no one knows when a play ends except the ref. Play should end when the whistle is blown, not before, not after. When reviewing a goal there isn't an audio of the ref thinking play dead, you have to go by the whistle. Put your hand next to your mouth in situations like that so you don't have to bring your hand up from your hip. Or better yet, get rid of the freaking old school whistles and give the refs some type of buzzer with a button on it. They push the button and either the button emits a whistle or it comes out of a speaker at each blue line. The wave transmission to the speakers is likely faster than the ability to lift your hand and then you can get rid of the intent with less potential impact.
Also, the goal waved off yesterday shouldn't have been a goal anyways. It shouldn't have been blown dead, but I don't remember seeing a replay where the puck crossed the line completely and Smith was clearly pushed into the net.
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Anyone who hates on Trotz is a fucking moron. The Preds have been a competitive team for years while spending next to nothing. They finally loosened the purse strings slightly this year in tune to being the SEVENTH cheapest team in the NHL, a full $4,006,311 over the cap floor, and the Preds made it to the second round and could still make the WCF. None of the trades or Radulov matter to their spending at all since they are all expiring contracts that they had to pay next to nothing for over the last third of the season.