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Originally Posted by Salt Water Cowboy #10
What if the team is brutal with a man advantage? Guys squeezing their sticks because they know they should be able to score, but their fragile minds play with their confidence. I’ve seen it happen. Also, what if they dump it in, but can’t retrieve the puck because they lack a decent forecheck?
It’s a serious gamble pulling the goalie. I’d rather see the best players double shifted and try and score. Then with less than a minute left, pull the goalie and go for it. GG pulled the goalie early a few times this year. Didn’t really work out that I can remember.
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See, this is the line of thinking that the article is attacking so hard. Coaches are not pulling the goalie earlier, only BECAUSE they are afraid to do. All the data collected from the actual 6-on-5 playing time accounts for the factors you've mentioned and suggests that they should do it sooner anyway, because the probability of the reward is higher than the risk.