Paris in Flames
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We have this thread with positive responses until Tom Wilson ends MAF's season and suddenly we all realize it's a pretty shitty idea.
Every freaking. Year!
Goalies should not. Be fair game because their equipment isn't designed to protect against checks. What's next allow players. To shoot the puck at opponents? Imagine this I'm carrying. The puck up the center of the ice, stop turn to your bench and rip a slap shot. Into your bench at your best player. Then after the brawl subsides my defense is " you shoot the puck at our goalie 30 times a game! Rabble rabble fairness"
Freaking idiotic.
Hit them? No, absolutely not. But if they leave their crease, they shouldn't be protected from incidental contact.
Shaw's got your back. Though Smith is still an Oscar nominee for this one:I’m with you too. Behind the net you should be able to hit the goalie. Especially if that goalie is Mike Smith
Every freaking. Year!
Goalies should not. Be fair game because their equipment isn't designed to protect against checks. What's next allow players. To shoot the puck at opponents? Imagine this I'm carrying. The puck up the center of the ice, stop turn to your bench and rip a slap shot. Into your bench at your best player. Then after the brawl subsides my defense is " you shoot the puck at our goalie 30 times a game! Rabble rabble fairness"
Freaking idiotic.
goalies should not be fair game even if there were two freaking trapezoids.The only way goalies should ever be fair game is if you take out the trapezoid. The trapezoid is there for this reason. If you take out the trapezoid and make goalies fair game(at least outside the crease), it could deter them from going behind the net too often. Like it's ridiculous how on power plays, the goalie of the team on the PP sometimes has to watch the puck and wait for it to get to the trapezoid. There's nobody nearby at that point, and therefore no harm in letting him get the puck back up the ice.
the basis is " if i can check players I should check goalies" is entirely consistent with " if I shoot the puck at a goalie I should be able to shoot it at any player". both ARE idiotic.The irony of saying “freaking idiotic” while making quite likely the worst analogy ever.
when goalies get trucked, how many times does the guy doing the trucking come out on the short end ?I always thought Goaltenders get far too much protection personally.
He didn’t mean to jump, was an accidentTook less than a second to mentally picture Tom Wilson jumping into a goalie. Great idea.
Some degree of contact, sure, it's a joke that just brushing up against a goalie can draw a penalty...but outright hits? That's a huge safety issue.