Report: Goalie interference the main discussion on Day 1 of GM meetings
The NHL's most controversial in-game issue became the most talked-about subject on the first day of the March general managers meetings.
Goaltender interference was the main topic of discussion at Monday's gathering in Boca Raton, Fla., and some form of change is likely to be announced, TSN's Darren Dreger reports.
The GMs spent three hours going over the rule, and NHL director of hockey operations Colin Campbell had them vote on whether goalie interference occurred on some of the plays in question in order to show how difficult it is to reach a consensus, according to The Canadian Press.
Even the press corps got involved.
Media in Boca is currently viewing goalie interference examples with Hockey Ops and voting as GM's would. Educating exercise.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) March 19, 2018
Two potential solutions put forth by the GMs and the league in order to establish more consistency with the calls were to put an official in the Situation Room and to have that same centralized review center make the final call, NHL.com's Dan Rosen reports.
Another suggestion made Monday was assessing a two-minute penalty for an incorrect goalie interference challenge, but Campbell "didn't seem wild about it, since it's subjective and not black and white like offside," according to TSN's Frank Seravalli.
The league began handing out a minor penalty for an incorrect offside challenge at the start of this season.
GMs will continue meeting in Florida through Wednesday.