I'm a goalie and I think it's crazy looking at some of these goalies and how much net they take up. To me though the problem is they're wearing proportional equipment sizes as other goalies but they're just so tall. Look at goalies like Bishop (6'7''), Dubnyk (6'6''), Rinne (6'5''). You look at Bishop in the net and there's nothing to shoot at sometimes I wonder how guys can even score.
But, if you take a goalie that is 5'9'', these tall goalies are wearing proportional gear sizes so I'm not sure if it's fair to say, well because you're tall you can't do this the same as this goalie who is short.
I'm honestly not sure what the solution is, you make the nets bigger you're punishing the smaller goalies, you make the taller ones wear smaller gear, can't blame them for being tall and you might be opening them up to more injuries.
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