Patrick Roy decided to pull his goalie during a defensive zone faceoff while shorthanded

[BlackAdam]

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[TheDawnOfANewTage]

42 seconds left? Meh. You gotta win the draw, get it down ice, and score. An extra man helps with 2 of those 3.

He also pulled his goalie with like 9 minutes left in that 7-1 Buffalo shellacking- another one that drives people nuts, but statistically makes sense.

 

[SI90]

They actually won the draw but it got off the refs skate and bounced to a leaf. Not saying it was the right decision but it was a little bad luck. Also, the few times the isles have oddly been decent this year is when pulling the goalie. Which is strange because the PP is abysmal.

42 seconds left? Meh. You gotta win the draw, get it down ice, and score. An extra man helps with 2 of those 3.

He also pulled his goalie with like 9 minutes left in that 7-1 Buffalo shellacking- another one that drives people nuts, but statistically makes sense.

He pulled the goalie with 7 minutes left last game and it worked

 

[NyQuil]

It’s a little weird but I can understand it.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Not a bad move. You need an extra man in the defensive zone to give you a better chance at getting the puck anyway. Pulling the goalie is a hail mary move anyway, may as well go all out.

 

[Bouboumaster]

I would have done it too, I think

What else was he supposed to do? If it's 5 against 4, the Isles are most likely getting trapped in their own zone, and they still loose.

Might as well try to tie the game

 

[SladeWilson23]

Not a bad move. You need an extra man in the defensive zone to give you a better chance at getting the puck anyway. Pulling the goalie is a hail mary move anyway, may as well go all out.

Yea but they were on the pk. Pulling the goalie only made it a 5 on 5 situation.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Yea but they were on the pk. Pulling the goalie only made it a 5 on 5 situation.

Yes, and 5 > 4. It's still an extra player to try to get the puck.

 

[1989]

It's not sound strategy but it's still understandable. I guess one could say it reeks of desperation but pulling the goalie is that by default so it's not exactly that far off.

Not to mention the players are well aware they don't have a goalie in their own zone so they might hike their asses in gear, play with some more desperation, and maybe even draw a penalty to make things really interesting.

Now of course that's not what happened but again, I get where he's coming from.

 

[tabness]

this dude still shellshocked he was left in for 9 goals from 30 years ago lol

makes Mike Keenan look like a blue light special Captain Hook

 

[Satans Hockey]

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[SladeWilson23]

I would have done it too, I think

What else was he supposed to do? If it's 5 against 4, the Isles are most likely getting trapped in their own zone, and they still loose.

Might as well try to tie the game

Yes, and 5 > 4. It's still an extra player to try to get the puck.

I get it. It's a dire situation regardless. Toronto probably plays that differently if Sorokin stays in the net. The empty net allowed Toronto to play offense there.

 

[AD1066]

I'd probably do the same. Nothing to lose with 42 seconds left and you're unlikely to spring a SHG while the other team is entirely focused on preventing exactly that.

 

[Bouboumaster]

I get it. It's a dire situation regardless. Toronto probably plays that differently if Sorokin stays in the net. The empty net allowed Toronto to play offense there.

It was a dire situation, 100%

Roy had no choice but to go all in, and he lost, sadly

 

[Romang67]

I don't hate the process, nor do I hate the 'After' photo.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Honestly it made a lot of sense...

All of those factors are just more reason to do this honestly. Especially being shorthanded, because Toronto is just going to play keep away at that point.

 

[Martin Skoula]

the actual big brain element is the fact that they’re allowed to blindly dump the puck without worrying about icing, if you had the right team configuration you could run some creative forecheck strategies in these Hail Mary situations with no icings.

 

[mphmiles]

It's the right play. I respect that he consistently makes calls like this and basically says "who gives a shit how it looks?"

 

[WTFMAN99]

It's the right play. I respect that he consistently makes calls like this and basically says "who gives a shit how it looks?"

Losing by 1 might look better but I would want to give myself the best chance to come back so if I lose by 2 instead...screw it.

 

[Chainshot]

Feels like Patrick is trying to challenge the guys Lou has given him and it's not working out like he would like.

 

[Kimota]

Not a bad gamble. If you take control of the puck then you can attack right away. It's great when guys think outside the box.

 

[Peasy]

Givin players easy points smh.

 

[Ouroboros]

He's a forward thinker. HF Plebs wouldn't get it.

 

[Elysian]

I watched the Islanders Penguins game two nights ago and he pulled the goalie with like 6 minutes to go, it almost paid off, they were down 3-0 and got within one. It's still weird to me how he manages goalie pulls though lol

 

[Pure Slaughter Value]

Givin players easy points smh.

Sorry your roto team lost ground today