HockeyGuy1964
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- Oct 7, 2013
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Giving up goals on the first 2 shots you see, then the first shot of your 2nd period in a new uniform, will play with your head but it looks like his confidence is finally returning. His last 5 games he's starting to look like the player we thought we were getting after that rough start.
1 thing that concerns me, other than losing confidence for long stretches again, is how many pucks seem to just go thru his glove. Last night was the 3rd such shot that seemed to hit him square in the glove & not only went in but barely got slowed down, leaving him looking at his glove in bewilderment. I thought it was equipment related after the first 2 but he's changed out all his equipment, including gloves, & the problem persists. I don't think I've seen that happen to the same guy 3 times in a couple months so hopefully this doesn't shake his confidence again because, with Skinner struggling some, we need him.
If we can get competent goaltending at the cost of the 2 guys we have now, we'll be just fine moving forward. If not, we'll be looking for a new coach who can also somehow stop pucks.
Discuss?
1 thing that concerns me, other than losing confidence for long stretches again, is how many pucks seem to just go thru his glove. Last night was the 3rd such shot that seemed to hit him square in the glove & not only went in but barely got slowed down, leaving him looking at his glove in bewilderment. I thought it was equipment related after the first 2 but he's changed out all his equipment, including gloves, & the problem persists. I don't think I've seen that happen to the same guy 3 times in a couple months so hopefully this doesn't shake his confidence again because, with Skinner struggling some, we need him.
If we can get competent goaltending at the cost of the 2 guys we have now, we'll be just fine moving forward. If not, we'll be looking for a new coach who can also somehow stop pucks.
Discuss?