There’s been some discussion very recently about the NHL’s goal review process thanks to Marian Hossa’s controversial goal against St. Louis. The War Room said there wasn’t sufficient evidence to overturn the good-goal call from the referee, which has many wondering how to clean up the picture to make pucks easier to see.
Even with the advent of HD cameras watching from multiple angles, that top-down view is still obstructed by the net. Talks of a piece of plexiglass on the top are overkill while an auxiliary yellow confirmation line is just laughable. Plexiglass will break and cause be exploited for weird bounces. That yellow line doesn’t address the problem already at hand. If we can’t see it cross one line, what’s one more obstructed line going to do?
The simplest solution is one I haven’t heard yet: CHANGE THE NET. Right now, the nets are made of a white nylon which could easily be changed to a transparent color. I’m no fabric or thread expert, but would switching to a transparent net really change anything? Yes, it may not look as nice or as traditional as the white nets currently in use, but another yellow line or a piece of plexiglass are bigger hockey sins in my mind.
Am I missing something, or is the NHL missing one of the better ways to solve this problem?