Around the NHL 2024-25 regular season

[glenwo2]

I mean, we did this all of last year without the other team even pulling the goalie...

That's true but still...watching other teams get beat like that...It's just brutal and I'm glad it wasn't us this time.

 

[Nubmer6]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1845598257738661974

I wonder what the timeframe on something like this is before it actually becomes a risk - 4-5 seconds? 2.9 probably wasn't long enough for this to actually be a risk, it's more of a smart pushing the envelope type of play.

Funny story that I think I've told here once before...

Back in the day I was at a game sitting fairly close to the Devils bench. McVie was coach, and Terrari was in net. With 2.9 seconds left in the period and an offensive zone faceoff, they were about to do a normal line change when I screamed at the top of my lungs "PULL THE GOALIE!!!". McVie whips his head around to look at me, then turns back to Terrari and yells "GOALIE!" and pulls him.

Too bad they didn't score. I could have taken credit for a Devils goal

 

[My3Sons]

Funny story that I think I've told here once before...

Back in the day I was at a game sitting fairly close to the Devils bench. McVie was coach, and Terrari was in net. With 2.9 seconds left in the period and an offensive zone faceoff, they were about to do a normal line change when I screamed at the top of my lungs "PULL THE GOALIE!!!". McVie whips his head around to look at me, then turns back to Terrari and yells "GOALIE!" and pulls him.

Too bad they didn't score. I could have taken credit for a Devils goal

Funny story that you told here once before....

You are old. You are old. You are old. Cool story bro.

 

[tailfins]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1845598257738661974

I wonder what the timeframe on something like this is before it actually becomes a risk - 4-5 seconds? 2.9 probably wasn't long enough for this to actually be a risk, it's more of a smart pushing the envelope type of play.

Could someone explain the advantage of pulling the goalie in that situation?

From that clip, I don't see it - but I very well could just not be understanding.

 

[TrufleShufle]

Could someone explain the advantage of pulling the goalie in that situation?

From that clip, I don't see it - but I very well could just not be understanding.

TLDR watch 90, Johansson, and imagine where he would have went if that 6th guy wasn't there.

If there isn't enough time to win the faceoff and get the puck all the way down the ice to hit the empty net, or at least it's insanely unlikely there really is no reason not to. I've wondered why more teams don't do it.

As for the extra guy, as long as everyone on the team with an extra skater knows what they are doing, you can boil it down to coverage. The defending team now has more people to cover, from shooting lanes to passes, but really it's going to be one pass and shoot. Having the 6th guy way out there makes that "wall" teams typically make in the last few seconds need to spread out and cheat towards him. Whether it gets passed to that guy or not, the team needs to pay attention and treat him as a threat, weakening and spreading out the shooting lane coverage right in front, like we saw here.

If you see 90 becomes pointless to the defending team because he tries to get to an area to defend something he would have never needed to if that 6th guy wasn't there. He could have followed 38 into the shooting lane clogging it up even more and most likely preventing the goal.

 

[Nubmer6]

Could someone explain the advantage of pulling the goalie in that situation?

From that clip, I don't see it - but I very well could just not be understanding.

Just to have an extra attacker, since you can't possibly be scored on in the time remaining.