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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Not if it comes from farther than the Ovechkin shot and the tip is almost immediate. Demko had more time to react than Vladar, in other words, and when the tip is practically off the shooter’s stick it’s not even really a change of direction for the goalie.
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Except it isn't just about distance.
The goalie reacts to the
way the shooter shoots - the type of shot, the flex of the stick, the direction, the amount the player tries to raise it, etc. All of that is part of the instinctive reaction of the goalie, that happens
as the shot is being taken.
A tip changes the direction,
after the goalie has started to react to the initial shot. So they are moving the wrong way. Then they have to see the change, register it mentally, and react to the new direction.
And there simply isn't time for that. It hits him, or it doesn't