Quote Originally Posted by leafseh View Post
...But as of right now, I have no problem with the leaving the call up to a ''higher power'' (other than the lengthy delays).
But, that is my principal issue: It must be faster than we witnessed Saturday night.

Why not simply have all calls made by the "higher power", including icing, off-side, goals and penalties? Because it is inefficient. And, because we have on-ice officials. They get paid to officiate, let them officiate. If the game is too complex such that they make errors, allow for an NFL-style challenge to the on-ice officials with 90 seconds of video replay to confirm, vary or overturn the call.