GDT: GAME 72 | Columbus @ Ottawa | Backstreet's Back! Edition | Sat Mar 29 2025, 7PM | CITY, SN1, TVAS

all of them were soft. Goalies need to be able to fight through a bit of contact, its hockey. GI should be reserved for egregious plays like if a goalie gets his skate taken out or if they get pushed around in their crease and can’t get back into position bc the opposing player is preventing them. None of this “oh well he didn’t get time to fully reset after he got lightly bumped” bs.

The Isle-Blue Jackets one they showed last was atrocious
With goalies it's "give an inch they'll take a mile"! Pisses me off that they can come out to play the puck, turn their back and nobody is permitted to fart near them. At the same time they can bang into opposing players, interfere. Don't dare touch them, even with all their equipment or they will flop and act like they've been shot from the grassy knoll! f*** 'em all, RollerBall time! :)
 
Need one more - you see the beginnings of desperation hockey in CBJ (e.g. the Sillinger icing chase). It might be a wild end again.
 

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