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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It’s not too much. It’s a pretty infrequent play as you can go games without a goaltender taking a puck to the face.
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Do you watch hockey? Some games, sure, a goaltender may not take a puck off the mask. But goalies take pucks off the mask often, sometimes multiple times in a game. Pulling a goalie based on puck hitting mask would be interruptive and unproductive
Look, if you want to make a rule like this, it would have to be well thought out, not kneejerk
You could base it on the science. They can measure the shot speed, they know the weight of the puck, and can measure the direction and speed of the puck after contact with the mask. That could give the concussion spotter a data point to reduce subjectivity
There is a way to accommodate your intention with some consideration of scientific merit
But hell no, you can’t pull the goalie every time a puck hits a mask. That’s too simple, not thought out, and too far