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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
Isn't the book on every goaltender to go top corner? Those are the hardest shots to make, and the hardest shots to stop. Rittich almost always has great positioning, so if a player sneaks in a puck above his shoulders it's almost always a great shot that would go in on most goalies. I'm not worried about those as much as I am about him stopping the more routine 5-hole and low blocker/glove shots that go in all the time against Smith
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Well the book on Smith is soft clapper from the boards anywhere along the ice.
And I don't question that one bit - those were tough goals and Rittich had plenty of good saves all night. That's where you beat good goalies (Johnny beat a good goalie there, can't remember who off the top of my head) - and I'm nowhere near concerned about Rittich FTR
More or less, I mean it'll be something they look at and and drill in practice. It's a good indication of where Rittich is in the NHL where teams have a plan to beat him now. Next stop for him is ripping out those pages
That is... if he can do it without sacrificing his style. When I wrote that, I honestly had a 30min drill with Johnny in mind