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Originally Posted by Redrum
Not necessarily injured right now, but for a guy who made a living being a very accurate finisher, and was one of the best in the business until recently... Wrist surgery doesn't necessarily reset things perfectly.
I dunno, but that glove snag the other night when he picked the corner, wouldn't have been close to a save a couple years ago. Pretty obvious issues, especially with shot power.
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I can’t recall, do you mean the save from Mike Smith? If so, was it just a quick snap shot with little release? The reason I ask is wrist strength is normally a small piece of the any wrist/snap/shot shot power puzzle. As power from a shot generally isn’t reliant on wrist strength but more lower body and core strength, maintaining good mobility through your hips and thoracic spine, and on rotational power, especially with the change in the fundamental mechanics in shooting with the introduction of whippier sticks.
If one had to quickly roof or raise a puck with velocity/power in close with no ability to use the full body in any respect to shoot, then I could see a wrist issue being a cause of such, as you stated.