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Originally Posted by dino7c
He made a save and barely let out a rebound...Kylington didn't do his job and let Nuge between him and the goalie with time to roof the puck.
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This was talked about during the Dallas series and Oettinger's rebound control "issues". I'm not an expert but I've studied the position: a goalie with good rebound control (i) doesn't give out rebounds (by absorbing the puck or catching it clean), or (ii) puts rebounds in safe areas (in the corners, i.e. not in the middle of the ice where attacking players can pounce).
Sarich mentioned it on 960 this morning (albeit very high level). Goalies are taught to absorb high shots, and they wear extra stiff leg pads so when the puck hits them they go shooting off as fast as they came in. Same with blocker shots -- the goal is to angle them into the corner if you can.
So when Oettinger was shooting out rebounds that the Flames couldn't get to, that was exactly what he wanted to do. The worst rebounds are the soft ones that lay in high danger areas (like the GWG last night). Obviously you can't control every single rebound (you have to stop the shot first and foremost); on the GWG I can't tell if Markstrom would have been able to blocker that puck into the corner, but having it dribble off to the side and lay there waiting to be jammed in is the worst case scenario for a goalie.