Hitting the post

[TriFF51]

A hit post is a shot that missed the net

That's why I always hate it when commentators say they had the goalie beat when they hit the post. No you didn't, that shot is too wide.

 

[RangersFan]

Our boys go for crispy snipes a lot. Hence a lot of posts. I wish they would shoot for rebounds more.

 

[gravey9]

That's why I always hate it when commentators say they had the goalie beat when they hit the post. No you didn't, that shot is too wide.

I get a little frustrated when Vally says hitting posts is just bad luck. Sometimes it is. But when you hit as many posts as the Rangers have hit, you kinda need to look under the hood.

Is it really just bad luck?

Or...

Is it highly skilled players taking shots from spots on the ice where they likely shouldn't score from? Is it a symptom of a team actually relying too heavily on their skill at times and playing too perimeter or trying to score on high skill rush attempts as opposed to other ways?

My theory is, if you combine skill with hard work and physicality, your team can overcome hit posts and elite goaltending. The weird bounce or the greasy rebound/deflection should make up for a good chunk of posts.

My guess is, it's a combo of reasons we've hit so many posts this season. But to me, I think the hit posts category needs to be subdivided into a few categories.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Glad to see some people agreeing. To score goals you gotta hit the net. A shot that hits the post is not counted as a shot on goal for a reason, which is that it's no different than a shot that misses a few inches wide. I never understood the thing where people equate hitting posts with bad luck. It's just a missed shot.

Because a) there's a huge difference between missing the net by a foot and hitting the post (I understand that not all misses are by a foot) and b) A shot that goes bar in and bar out are not really that much different in terms of accuracy. Hitting bar out is not some ridiculously more accurate shot. c) A shot that hits the post is an exponentially more accurate shot than a muffin that goes into a goalie's chest yet going by your definition the shot into the goalie's chest is somehow a better shot.

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

I think the biggest takeaway from all of the posts being hit is the increase in high danger chances the Rangers have had this year.

Sure, there are some that hit the post from the point from a defenseman just trying to get a puck on net, but we've all seen where the Rangers have been hitting iron. To me its a good thing.

If everything remains equal and the chances keep occurring then some of those extra posts will turn into goals. It will even out over time. For the Rangers it would be best to keep hitting them until a few weeks before playoffs when the law of averages start to catch up

 

[JCProdigy]

All I know is I just looked at the hit post leaders for the previous few seasons and I just see a bunch of the best offensive players in the league with some outliers thrown in.

 

[TopShelfSnipes]

LOL instead of bag skates when the Rangers lose with a bad effort, Turk should just make them play 3 bar for hours on end. Maybe they'll get sick of hitting posts then?

 

[bobbop]

Just a bad shooting team and always has been

You need to check the shooting percentages from the last couple of years.

 

[hackeyman]

Is it bad puck luck?

Not sure you can call it on its own bad puck luck but I think in an overall sense it would be fair to say we had some bad puck luck early in the season. One area I think you can put in the column of bad puck luck is we kept running into goalies that played out of the world against us.

Are the rangers gripping their sticks so hard that they are aiming for the post because they need a near-perfect shot in order to score?

And I think that bad puck luck led to frustration, overthinking, and gripping the stick too tight.

Is it just an anomaly and the rangers will eventually regress back to the mean?

Hitting the post often means you are close and I think eventually more pucks will go in.

The idea that hitting the post is just as much a miss as missing it by a foot is outrageous. Also I would rather be hitting the post than straight into the goalies chest. Many times when you hit the post you had the goalie beat as far as what he could see /could not see in front of him.

 

[excaliber]

I don't agree that hitting the post is a bad shot. The goalie was beat and with a slight impact change the puck can bounce off the post/crossbar and in the net. Sometimes the puck is rolling and it's hard to control the puck or they are just flat out unlucky. No doubt the goalie is beat.

 

[maris]

Why should my goalie cover the post?

 

[FIRE DRURY]

As a goalie, those snipes/shots on net tgat hit the post never made me feel good. It felt like I was beat and the shooter missed it by a ****’s hair.

I never felt that the shooter missed the net.

Posts from the outside is different though.

It’s literally a game of inches.

 

[Lion Hound]

This has gotten so ridiculous with the hit posts that I think it deserves its own thread.

Trocheck leads the league in posts hit and 4 players in the top 32 of players.

And I saw a Vince Mercogliano quote about a week ago that said the rangers lead the league in hit posts.

Is it bad puck luck? Are the rangers gripping their sticks so hard that they are aiming for the post because they need a near-perfect shot in order to score? Is it just an anomaly and the rangers will eventually regress back to the mean?

It’s puckluck.

 

[romba]

lmao goalies and angles forcing posts and bars is such crap, maybe 1 out of 4 or 5 there was no room but the post, the rest are just ever so slightly off on accuracy which is out of the players control when they rip it. Sometimes it clips the shaft of the stick and goes out of play, sometimes the bar and out of play, and sometimes just inside the post and a goal. Luck of the draw…

 

[romba]

As a goalie, those snipes/shots on net tgat hit the post never made me feel good. It felt like I was beat and the shooter missed it by a ****’s hair.

I never felt that the shooter missed the net.

Posts from the outside is different though.

It’s literally a game of inches.

100% if your shooting from shit angle and it hits the post or it clips the outside of the post with that dud clanky sound, it’s equivalent to the side of the net in my mind and I don’t lose sleep. A rip from the slot over the pad and under the blocker that hits the post dead on, or high cheese that zips past the glove and goes bar down and out, I breathe a heavy sigh of relief and tap the post gratefully alla Patrick Roy, I don’t convince myself I forced it wide

 

[McRanger92]

Stretch of poor luck and nothing more. Side note, I hate that a post doesn’t count as a shot on goal. The post is literally part of the goal.

 

[Larrybiv]

Saying a hit post is just a shot that missed the net is missing some of the point. If you miss the net, it can’t go in. If you hit the post, it can go in. Happens all the time. Just not a lot for us this year. There is definitely a lot of bad luck involved in this.

I'd rather hit a post then take a shot to their belly. I complain much more about shots that have absolutely ZERO chance of going in.

 

[Larrybiv]

All I know is I just looked at the hit post leaders for the previous few seasons and I just see a bunch of the best offensive players in the league with some outliers thrown in.

Gee, I wonder why. (Not being sarcastic). The more shots you take.......The better the player is (offensively) usually means more shots. More shots=higher post shot totals. Me thinks.

 

[TGWL]

A half inch the other way and it's a... well, maybe it's a save.

 

[Boris Zubov]

So hit posts & crossbars that wind up in the net are snipes, but ones that stay out are the same to some of you as a muffin into the goalies chest? Ok then.

 

[will1066]

Then, we have wide.