Steve Valiquette
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Or they're using their own data and it's in line with what I'm looking at or their goalie coach knows.
He had one of the best save percentages this year in net front.
Ottinger did.
The top goalies, this is interesting, the top goalies in save percentage are still currently playing.
Top five guys, Vemelka, Vladar, Dobish, Ottinger, these are all top five guys.
And the one thing that I noticed when I went back to look at his regular season video versus what he's doing right now is he's out of good foot.
And he's got to back up.
Now, in the postseason, sometimes with the congestion at net front...
You don't feel as secure because of what's hanging in the balance to stand on the old crease line.
But, you know, I said earlier it's six inches with his blades.
That's a compromise because I can't imagine that he'd really want to do what I'd want him to do, which is get back to his regular season depth, which would be over a foot.
So I'd work with the era, the, the goalie on that one and split the difference because he wants to meet the play, but he's finding himself too far out of the net.
You could see it on the bold, the overtime goal.
He's way out in the ice.
And here's the thing, guys, the middle of the net is the most important part of the net.
When you don't see it clean coming in that front from the point to get middle of net,
It is old crease line on a straight line across, which would be a horizontal line versus trying to meet it.
Even though you feel bigger, you're smaller because you're slower to middle of net.
That's going off.
Okay.