2020-2021 NHL Thread
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OldTimeHockey
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Heroic Shrimp said:My son's a goalie, and I agree with Dryden. There is way, way less open net to shoot at than there was 2+ decades ago because of how much space goalies take up. I think it is 100% by far the biggest reason scoring is so modest compared to 2+ decades ago.OldTimeHockey said:Heroic Shrimp said:
Reads like a goalie that's upset that goalies are so much better now
I don't disagree. I was kidding really.
I was a goalie through the 80's and 90's. I sort of fall between Dryden and today's goalies in style of play and equipment. When I made the reference to the nets, I was more referring to the bend of the posts that some people were suggesting. My brain can't compute it.
Goalies today are now puck blockers, not puck savers. They've gotten so big that they've been able to drop further back into their net and still block angles. This allows them to cover the width of the net much easier. I actually think that I have less of a problem with bigger nets than I do with removing offsides or changing penalty lengths.....and I'd grow to accept that as well.
A couple side notes:
Goals/Game are only down slightly from the 1970's and actually on par with the 1960's. Where you see the jump in scoring is in the 80's. About 1.5 goals more per game.
I think it's important to acknowledge how much better trained goalies(and players) are trained both physically and mentally now. I'm all for acknowledging a goalies large equipment. I also think it's important to acknowledge how much better of athletes they are now then they were in 1970, or for that matter, 1990 or 2000.
Nik said:
Nice, I haven't really had a reason to hate Montreal for awhile.
#AllStaalsSuck
Bullfrog said:
Their family should have spent a little less time at hockey practice and a little more time potty training them so they don't throw tantrums every time they poop their diapers.
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Bender said:
Staal only has 10 points this year. He?s basically an okay 3rd line player.
Bender said:
Maybe a little cheaper than what we'd see in a normal year but combine the fact that nobody from Buffalo is really doing themselves any favours in terms of building personal value and that the covid year obviously makes deadline deals a little less impactful because teams are getting less games out of their acquisitions and I think the drop off feels about right.
This isn't a perfect comparison because they play difference positions, but Andy Greene got a 2nd round pick and a not great prospect in David Quenneville from the Islanders last year. So here the 2nd round pick drops a round and the meh prospect gets subbed for a 5th. Again, feels about right.
https://twitter.com/fan960steinberg/status/1375859301542076416
Sutter is doing that thing again.
Sutter is doing that thing again.
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https://twitter.com/JeffMarek/status/1376313682989359105
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https://twitter.com/Aportzline/status/1376257021830430729
I think this season has taken a toll on Aaron Portzline.
I think this season has taken a toll on Aaron Portzline.
Maybe he's pulling a Torts and trying to get fired.
Columbus by the way is 5-9-4 in their last 18 games and just lost back to back games against Detroit. Laine has 1 goal and 4 points in his last 16 games.
Columbus by the way is 5-9-4 in their last 18 games and just lost back to back games against Detroit. Laine has 1 goal and 4 points in his last 16 games.
Heroic Shrimp
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Galchenyuk > LaineCarltonTheBear said: