BY MIKE BROPHY
sportsnet.ca

The idea of giving NHL coaches the opportunity to challenge calls made by on-ice officials during games has been shot down.

Dale Tallon, GM of the Florida Panthers, who proposed the notion at the GMs meeting in Toronto Tuesday morning, told a gathering of reporters the idea didn't fly.

Asked if he had any support at all, Tallon offered, "A little…not much.

"I just think there's so much involved in it. It's a pretty involved process. When do you do it? What if it goes four minutes beyond (the play in question)? Do you do it for off-sides? Or accidental high-sticking? They were worried that it could expand into a bigger thing than it was meant to be. They were concerned about it taking too much time and adding more minutes to (the length) of games."

Asked if it might be revisited, Tallon said, "Not according to this meeting. It's a dead issue. That's the way it goes…you win some and you lose some."

Another issue the GMs discussed was last summer's research and development camp The first one, held last summer, was considered a success and will be repeated this summer.

While there is some momentum gathering at the meetings to support four-on-four followed by three-on-three overtime, there is no real urgency to change things at the moment as fewer games are going to shootouts.