Is it a “black eye” for the league? Sure, but only because it proved something most fans were already aware of. More than likely, if anything happens as a result of the NHL “looking into it”, we won’t hear about it publicly. Any negative talk wouldn’t have yielded any positive results. To me, this is what you want to see in a response. It’s always been “next man up” and when we’re involved in the games, you’re not so much worried about what’s going on in those situations as being ready to kill the penalty and being ready to play and that’s what I really liked about our team’s reaction to the situation.” That’s also been a big reason why we’ve been able to get some wins and get ourselves right in the mix here. One of the things we talk about is that if that happens in a game, our job as the players and coaches in those situations, we’ve got to find a way to kill that penalty and only control what we can control. One of the reasons why we’ve been able to have some success here, if you look at what our team’s gone through as of late-whether its injuries, guys in and out of the lineup, a sixteen-day road trip (the longest one in franchise history), a gauntlet of a schedule-there’s been no excuses. “You always want to have things that are going to be fair for your players and for your team. Hynes didn’t take the bait, but chose to focus on his team instead: Campbell asked, again, about how Hynes felt about the integrity of the game, especially when the Predators are “fighting for playoff lives”. While it was wise of Coach Hynes to remain neutral the first time he was asked about it, he was pressed about it again, this time by a member of the (inter)national hockey media, THN’s Ken Campbell. Maybe it’s a little surprising to hear it spoken of so brazenly, but I can’t imagine those discussions between officials aren’t happening in almost every game. Referees giving teams “make-up calls” is a regular part of the hockey conversation on any given night. Had the results been different, fans might have felt a different way.īut is it surprising? Not really. Granted, the Predators killed the penalty and the team won. Taking a side on this just leaves Hynes and Predators open to having problems with the NHL. But the referees are employees of the league and rather than me commenting, its an issue the league will have to take care of.” First, this is the right answer to the question. From our perspective it probably doesn’t matter how I feel about it general. Hynes responded, “Obviously the situation is what it is. The first question was from an infamous local afternoon drive radio host and asked about how he felt about the integrity of the way the game was called. After the game, Predators Head Coach John Hynes was asked about it twice. Though I was covering the game live from Bridgestone Arena and initially unaware, this quickly made it’s way to social media and became a part of the discussion on media row. "It wasn't much but I wanted to get a fuckin' penalty against Nashville early in the." #Preds #LGRW /6fZImkdqLr- Matt Best March 24, 2021 Maybe if you're a mic'd up ref, you shouldn't express how you wanted to call a penalty against a team earlier in the game, changing how you ref the rest of the game. One of the referees in last night’s game between the Nashville Predators and Detroit Red Wings was picked up on a “hot mic” making a statement that seemed to indicate he was looking for a penalty to call on Nashville: Coach Hynes gave a very diplomatic answer, but is the incident controversial, or just typically left unspoken?īy now, you’ve probably heard about it.
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