Kevin Woodley

And the problem was they hadn't declared he was going to start.

They didn't want to necessarily invest the time and energy and resources or my resources and time if there's a good chance he didn't and they won't declare it.

But

You know, just even going in the playoffs was looking at some of the things they do differently.

I mean, for starters, he catches with the other hand, which seemed to catch Mitch Marner by surprise in the third.

Shocking.

What's your glove doing here?

Yeah, a little bit of a shocking admission.

But he's so much more dynamic east-west.

But again, it's not like he's hyper-aggressive early.

So if you watched him as the puck's moving around the zone, he plays a pretty conservative depth.

But then when plays get pushed east-west, and once he sort of reads shots, he will explode out at guys to cut down.

Like, it's almost a little old school.

He doesn't choose angle over depth, which is like a goaltending fundamental.

Get to the middle of the net, find your angle, and then take depth.

He goes right out to the spot.

And if you've got a good pre-scout and you're prepared for it, you can hold pucks.

You can go around him.

He doesn't default to his posts.

You can stretch him out and sort of get him between, you know, outside of his posts and funnel pucks behind him.