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Originally Posted by Canada 02
I've never played goal, but I've wondered, when a goalie goes down on his knees, why are his pads not under him like this
but rather flared out on the sides, forming a 12 inch high wall on the ice like this
in the second picture, the goallie's shins are on the ice, not facing the camera, yet the pads are. How does that happen?
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The goalie in the second picture is in the butterfly position whereas Richter (i think) has his legs directly under him, probably to squeeze a puck trying to go 5-hole. Either way the point stands that the gear is too big.
And just say no to bigger nets. Luongo said he would quit if that happened and I honestly wouldn't blame him or any other current goalie. They have played their whole lives training a certain way to protect a net of a certain size, and whether the gear is helping them or not, they are the best in the world at it. As soon as you change the dimensions of the net you change the angles that goalies have to play and completely change how they have to guard the net. Its like telling players they score too much so they have to use flat sticks. Or that basketball players can dunk too easily now so they're raising the height of the net. Im all for smaller gear though.
Side note: In the picture of Richter the tops of his knees are fully exposed. I dont know if he's wearing anything there but taking a 100mph slapshot on the knee would kill and probably has a chance to do some serious damage. I dont think it would be hard to design a "knee blocker" which im pretty sure most pads already have that does become part of the pad when the goalie stands up.