Quote:
Originally Posted by EddyBeers
Goal #3 - There is a Nashville player driving the middle lane and you think he should push off to the far post to cover the backdoor play? haha, that goal is entirely on Bouw and Cammy not communicating. Cammy takes the backdoor guy there on any team that communicates
Goal #4 - No goalie plays point shots deep in their net, basic physics should tell someone that. He sure was far out of his net on that one though, he was still in the blue paint
Goal #5 - You are just wrong on this one
|
#3 On that play he did the absolute worst thing possible - he commited to intercepting the pass and failed.
He absolutely should have tried to block the shot after the pass, instead of trying to block the pass itself.
#4 That's conventional wisdom, but there's physics and game theory arguments in favour of playing deeper too. Physics: playing deeper gives you more time to react to the shot, to tips, and to deflections. You're in better position if the angle the shot comes from changes quickly, which is exactly what happened on that goal (and several near misses). The game theory argument is that you want to minimize the success rate of your opponent's highest percentage play, that is if you leave the back door open, it doesn't matter how much you've improved your chance if they don't go back door because they will. For what's it's worth,
Luongo's goalie coach, Roland Melanson, pushed him to play a deeper style back in 2010, so it's not just me who thinks playing too far out can be a bad thing.