NHL players and on-ice officials do have a relationship with one another, but it's not the same as it used to be. Now that they're living and working in the same bubble, it could promote conversation and understanding. (By SportsnetSpec)
There, they would come to understand each other, in those days before the team bus scooped up players and coaches at the rink, transporting them to a team charter an hour after the final buzzer, destined not for the bar but for the next city on the NHL schedule.
With players, officials, coaches and general managers all living in the same bubble, the referee who made the game-deciding call could well end up in a Starbucks lineup with a group of players from the affected team. A linesman who whistled down a play for an offside will come upon that team’s head coach and GM walking to breakfast, still griping about the call he made.
Spend some time around NHL officials and you’ll hear their mantra: “Fifty per cent of the people are going to disagree with every call you make.”Get the best of our NHL coverage and exclusives delivered directly to your inbox!Or this old standard: “The expectations start off at perfection, and go down from there.”
So unlike the officials, Sportsnet will always have an unobscured angle slowed down to a speed that makes the zebra’s job appear simple.
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