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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Great news for guys like Bishop that have only this season to go before being a free agent. I think he's a good goaltender but a lot of his success has to do with his sheer size and ability to cover the net. Smaller equipment could open up a few holes in his game.
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Big goalies are still big. This worry that certain goalies will be in trouble with slightly smaller equipment is overblown. When scoring doesn't go up after this next round of equipment changes the NHL will finally figure out that increasing the size of the nets is the best way to increase scoring.