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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Are you actually serious? I’m surprised by this question
This is not a culture of intellectuals, his on ice peers (including opponents) And maybe you aren’t aware, but goaltenders are regularly scrutinized and evaluated in terms of mental fortitude
The egregious pregame routine makes him stand out
Say he ####s the bed. Any hotdogging is fair game for mockery.
It’s really that simple. You can’t hotdog and #### the bed without people noticing. Intimidation is part of hockey, always has been.
You’ve seen guys waiting and not letting other guys being last off the ice. Or staying on to stop the ‘last pregame skater’ empty netter,
You think people notice those little things but don’t see Wolf’s silly egregiously long routine?
Jesus. You forget people being up in arms about Rittich’s stick throw and what happened after that?
Like I say, I’ll take a Kipper, who is quietly good, and the only way he stands out is never looking rattled by anything, any day, and every day
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He does it before the game, it’s pretty hard to argue that it’s hot dogging or related to Rittich’s stick throw at all, and it hasn’t impacted him up until this point when he’s done it in every game in every league, so can you better explain why you think it matters given that?
It’s fine if you just don’t like it. I’m just not sure projecting that onto other people makes sense.