from Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star,

Funny thing happened the other night when a bunch of Toronto-based hockey media watched the Toronto Raptors earn a berth in the NBA Finals.

We noticed how that league does things. And imagine our surprise when the NBA refs reviewed calls on a TV monitor – you know, just to make sure they got it right – and then – and this is the kicker – they went to the TNT broadcasters and explained what was happening.

So that, you know, the viewers could be informed too.

Wowza. It looked so simple, and organic.

At the Stanley Cup media day on Sunday, I asked a couple of American broadcasters (former players, too) what they thought.

“That would be unbelievable. That would be really great,” said Darren Pang. Pang does colour commentary between the boards for Fox Sports on Blues broadcasts and works part time for NBC. He said sometimes a linesman might hear his commentary and correct something.

“But a referee won’t come over,” said Pang.

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Brian Lawton with a related question a few days ago...