This also answers why goalies aren't huge fat guys. As the rules limit how big a goalie's pad can be, a huge guy might take up a lot of space, but much of his

This also answers why goalies aren't huge fat guys. As the rules limit how big a goalie's pad can be, a huge guy might take up a lot of space, but much of his body will be unprotected from 150+ km/h slap shots.