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Over time, as goalie equipment changed, so did the way that goalies covered the net and stopped pucks. The way that a goalie plays today is very different than
by wilsynet 6y ago
Over time, as goalie equipment changed, so did the way that goalies covered the net and stopped pucks. The way that a goalie plays today is very different than the way Hasek played, and the way Hasek played is very different than the way Fuhr played and the way Dryden played.
I think the argument is: scale back protective equipment to something that doesn't strangle the game, and goalies must play a different style in order to stay safe. Which they will.
Having said that, I agree, we should also go back to non-composite sticks. The game was no less fun to watch when Mario and Wayne were playing the game with wooden sticks.
- pimlottc 6y ago> Over time, as goalie equipment changed, so did the way that goalies covered the net and stopped goals. Can you go into more detail about this for someone who doesn’t followed hockey that closely?
- wilsynet 6y agoTake a look at this page: https://www.omha.net/news_article/show/631894-the-evolution-of-different-goaltending-styles https://www.omha.net/news_article/show/631894-the-evolution-... Under the standup style of the 80s, you see these very short and narrrow goalie pads. If a modern goaltender were to drop to the butterfly using these pads, they wouldn’t cover as much of the net, and they’d be risking injury as the pads don’t extend to cover the top part of the leg. The size of pads today, not just width but length too, allows the goalie to cover large parts of the bottom of the net. And also slide to the post and cover a pretty enormous area there too. This video is another good example: https://youtu.be/cggFu52LnCE https://youtu.be/cggFu52LnCE Goalie pads today really are unusually and unnecessarily large. Goalies will tell you they need them for safety, but that’s only because they have exploited them to their fullest advantage.
- pimlottc 6y agoVery helpful, thanks for the links!