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Originally Posted by HUSKER4FLAMES
A coach can have a huge impact on preparation and adjustments and the mental aspect of the game. Helping with confidence and reviewing performance and discussing tweeks here and there would have a huge impact. Everyone talks about coaches systems and having the players ready, but then say the goaltender coach doesn't have any impact? Every one has a part and a role. Goal tending sucks. You have had many different goalies. What hasn't changed? That's where the next adjustment change should be made.
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This, plus we know that goaltending coaches have in fact influenced entire goaltending trends. There was the whole Francois Allaire school of thought, and the Finns always look back to Urpo Ylonen. Dubnyk had his goaltending style changes and look at what happened.