from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,
There is no reason that another NHL playoff game should end with a goal scored following a missed offside call the way that Game 1 of the Tampa Bay-Montreal series did on Friday night.
Literally, there is no reason. Commissioner Gary Bettman and the Board of Governors must have the authority within its panoply of overreaching powers to institute immediate video review for, a) either every goal scored in the playoffs, or, b) if starting slowly is the idea, every overtime goal from now until the Stanley Cup is hoisted in June.
Yes, Plan B.
It always is interesting to note what embarrasses the league. When the powers-that-were-and-still-are didn’t care for Sean Avery’s antics in front of Martin Brodeur in Game 3 of the Rangers-Devils first round in 2008, the NHL invented a rule pretty much overnight to address the matter.
But a tainted overtime goal? Not so much.
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