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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
I just miss seeing players actually score clean goals.
Swear every goal now is a rebound, screen, deflection etc.
I remember watching Iginla in his 50 goal season in 02/03 just blow shots past goalies (Goal 50 comes to mind immediately) and you rarely see that happen anymore.
Could be that I just watch too many Flames games and we just aren't that good.
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No, you're not imagining things. The issue is that goalie equipment is so big right now, that if a goalie has time to get set up in front of puck, he'll stop it with his wall of pad. Pads have become giant and square pieces designed to fit together to form a wall.
This change in goalie size is a step in the right direction. It's only 2 inches, but it's 2 inches that did not provide any protection to the goalie in any way. It existed only to form the "wall of pad".
Next on the list should be the pads that cover the space between the body and the arm and the pads that extend above the goalie's shoulders. These pads also do not cover or protect the goalies body in any way. The only purpose they serve is to make the pads giant square pieces that fit together.