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Originally Posted by combustiblefuel
I don't see all the worry about his size .
Saros,Quick, Shesterkin etc etc. There's actually a very large list of goalies in the modern day that have been 6 to 6'1" .
The average size for a goalie is 6'2"
Many of the top goalies fall in that category . Kipper himself was only 6 feet.
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Goalie size is not comparable to defensemen or forward sizes. Those are necessary. The only advantage that size have on a goalie is that they likely don't have to move as much to cover the net. The size only matters is when you're not as sound defensively and the goalie have most of the lower holes covered just doing the butterfly style and shuffling across the net - like Markstrom, Vladar, and Skinner. They get into a lot of trouble when you start to move them side-to-side or move them out of position because the bigger they are, the more effort it takes to move. For guys like Saros, Kipper, and smaller goalies, they better be more athletic. GM's like Tre love big goalies that go down on their knees and don't move much. Markstrom and Vladar are the best examples of big positional goalies in the NHL. Saros, Shesterkin, and Wolf are smaller athletic types. Then, there's Vasilevskiy - he's like a Kipper and Markstrom combined in many ways!
The challenge for Wolf will be to make his size bigger and the holes smaller by challenging shooters more rather than sitting back in the crease. This will depend on the defensemen up front to allow room for him to do his work properly. This is why when people think goalie is the most important position - it's BS - it's not.