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Originally Posted by badradio
Let me preface this with saying I think Talbot has been incredible so far and has stolen games, but with his style of play he is wearing our own defence down.
Talbot is a blocking style goalie and Dallas has read the book on him, if you shoot low you are going to get a rebound. One shot can easily turn into 4. It’s like his pads are made of rubber.
Now compare this with the style of play of Kipper where pucks died on his pads and he covered most plays it stopped the defence from having to scramble and defend almost every play. Rittich’s style is much more like Kippers. I don’t blame Talbot for the loss one bit, that’s just the style he plays, but in a condensed playoff format I could see this being extremely taxing on the D every shift. There is a reason Dallas had so many shots. That’s my take anyways.
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There is something to that.
Kipper was coached to, firstly, catch everything he could, and secondly, prioritize directing everything else in to the corners where possible.
Blocking style goalies are often stressful to watch. Great tool to have in your toolkit, good positioning, but not looking to control the flow of the game