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Originally Posted by MattyC
I get the scrappy attitude and work ethic angle, but from my (defenseman's) perspective I would find it frustrating how often I have to collapse in front of Mac and fight for the puck/position because he can never seem to find/hold onto it. Just my opinion. I would give Ramo 5 or 6 games in a row now. And honestly, I was pretty perplexed by following up Ramo's great game against the Kings with Mac. I get the back to back but it's not like Ramo has played a whole bunch to be tired, and didn't Mac play 2 games back to back earlier in the year following a loss? Just doesn't make sense to me.
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Yup.
He does a couple things that cause fits for defensemen:
1) he has no rebound control - but more than this, he has a habit of sending rebounds into the slot. This is really difficult for defensemen because it causes them to turn their back to the person they are covering.
2) he is terrible handling the puck, which wold be okay if he just stayed in his net. But he goes and gets the puck and then shoots it past the defenseman. Of course, bedlam ensues. I think there have been 3 goals already that have directly resulted from him coughing up the puck.
When defensemen don't know what the goalie is going to do with the puck, they have no choice but to stop. Like with the rebound control, instant advantage to the opposing forwards.