from Darren Dreger of The Dreger Report,

Hockey Operations, on-ice officials and the Department of Player Safety are all working with the tools they have and, at the moment, video review is the only means the league has when assessing these disputes. However, the NHL is working on puck-tracking technology that could one day eliminate inconclusive rulings.

There are few details on the specifics of the project. Whether it's a chip in the puck that prompts a computer analysis or something more high-tech or complex is unclear, but what is known is the NHL's tech gurus are working on the issue. Sources say that while there has been some on-ice testing, the technology being worked on is not at a stage where it is near game ready and there is no sense when it might be.

In other words, we can't conclusively predict when disputes like this will be a thing of the past.

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