Let’s cut down the goalie gear already!

Dallas Stars Blog:: SLIM-N-FAST:


As of Monday, NHL goaltenders had combined to make 35,033 saves. Yes that’s a lot of rubber hitting human, but this next number seems to suggest that they aren’t that hard done by.

16,289 shots have been blocked by the brave and scantily equipped individuals that play in front of them. You know, the ones with no Kevlar masks, no thick shock absorbing pads, no full body armor.

That means that in the first half of this season, for every two saves the goalies have made one save has been made by a forward or defenseman.

So if over 16,000 pucks can be stopped with body contoured gear and bravery, then trimming a few inches off the goalie union’s inflated bulk shouldn’t create a run on medical supplies.

Razor cuts to the chase here — I’d been mulling over the same general idea, but he got the data and the details. the entire league has morphed into Craig Ludwig, and if the defensemen can do it, the goalies need to stop whining about feeling the puck once in a while and get ready to use smaller pads, glove and blocker.

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