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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I didn’t say you blamed him for the loss.
Right. He can’t control the shots, all he can control is how he responds to them.
Seriously, what could he actually have done better, and I mean something he can control here, that would see him being, in your words, ‘at his best’?
Been luckier?
Seriously, if you look at the goals, and be specific, tell me what could be done better. I honestly do not see what he could have done.
Except stopping more. How? Beats me.
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I've said for years in game stories that you can't simply point to how tough a shot was and absolve the goaltender completely. You certainly can't for every goal he gives up.
It's their job to square up on the shooter, have the angle, have their net to make sure they save 81% of the tough shots, 91% of the medium shots and 97.5% of the easy ones.
That didn't happen last night.