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DeluxeMoustache · 02-13-2019, 07:43 PM

^ thanks, appreciate you sharing. I was wondering if you were going to bring up the lunging forward.

When some people have been talking here about the room over a goalie’s shoulder, I have tried to share with them considering not what you can see on TV, but if the puck had eyes, what it would see.

I was thinking maybe Sigalet was teaching them to push forward, glove at least, with the intent to take away the vertical angle in close. Lots of people on CP have commented on the frequent resulting belly flops with Smith, and that would make sense.

For me, on occasion I will try to push the glove forward when a guy is set up in front and has a shot he may tip. Only a bit though so as not to screw up the balance.

02-13-2019, 07:43 PM	#103
DeluxeMoustache Moustache Join Date: Mar 2010 Exp:	^ thanks, appreciate you sharing. I was wondering if you were going to bring up the lunging forward. When some people have been talking here about the room over a goalie’s shoulder, I have tried to share with them considering not what you can see on TV, but if the puck had eyes, what it would see. I was thinking maybe Sigalet was teaching them to push forward, glove at least, with the intent to take away the vertical angle in close. Lots of people on CP have commented on the frequent resulting belly flops with Smith, and that would make sense. For me, on occasion I will try to push the glove forward when a guy is set up in front and has a shot he may tip. Only a bit though so as not to screw up the balance. Last edited by DeluxeMoustache; 02-13-2019 at 07:58 PM.