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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I feel like those images prove he was too late to do anything and he needed to ease up. Pic one he's already lost the race. He probably should have been diving full length to deflect it, if anything. You can see he knows he's been beaten and he's loading up anyway.
You have dirty players like Bieksa and Barnaby, who know what's happening there.
Here's a fraction before that pic.
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Diving poke check at top speed probably just puts the puck in his own net and then his own face into the boards
Is he really expected to ease up in a one goal playoff game because he is probably beaten? It’s not like this is garbage time or a meaningless game, the exact opposite situation in fact