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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Is there a goalie for whom this isn't the book?
The way to play goal in the NHL is to be square to the play as much as possible, and play the percentages. A large portion of saves are simply positional (not reactive). Part of that is covering the lower part of the net. There is very little time and space in the NHL, so if the goalie stays square (to cover as much net as possible) and covers the ice from post to post, they maximize their likelihood of success.
That's step 1, as it were. Next is quickness, and being able to move post to post quickly and efficiently (without losing positioning). Rittich is elite in his ability to move and remain square and in control.
That is the best way to play goal these days it seems. And the way to score on a good positional goalie is to pick the corners.
I don't know if that is a book, so much as it is simply the only available choice: good goalie requires a well placed shot to score.
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More a turn of phrase than anything
I think it's watching tape on last night and a different focus in practice. It seemed that they wanted to shoot high on Rittich
More or less, it looked like they knew that's we're the percentages favoured them, and a big test of a starter is knowing what's in the book