Tricking shooters with white pads might work in beer leagues where some ankle bender has cataracts and is colour blind. Phil Kessel knows very well where the hot dogs are and where the net is.
These days, goalies might like white pads so they can find the puck easier when there's a scramble. Secondary to that, they don't want the puck to get lost (again, in a scramble) and a delayed whistle by a ref happens.
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