Quote:
Originally Posted by tacobell
(Post 6829071)
so which goalie are you guys picking to start tomorrow?
| This is why I've stayed out of the Luongo / Brodeur debate thus far. I don't really care who starts as long as its not Fleury. Canada's in capable hands either or. Quote:
Originally Posted by Hondaracer
(Post 6829140)
Bottom line for me
brodeurs hybrid-stand up style is dinosaur hockey. Posted via RS Mobile
| Quote:
Originally Posted by JDął
(Post 6828562)
As for the goaltending debate, Lu's a great goalie but I'm worried if he starts against Russia. When he goes down, he rarely gets up again. He tends to stay flopped when there's pressure around the net and that makes him easy to score on in scrambles.
| Welcome to the butterfly era. It's already long been critiqued when goaltenders go down before the shot happens. Yes I know the idea is to go down and cover as much surface area as possible. The trouble is, when you're down, they don't always get up for the follow up plays unless you somehow manage to pull of a "Hail Mary Save"
Case in point. Luongo's first goal. Dropped for the first save, Germany goes around for the wrap around on the other side and all you can see Luongo could do is try to feebly extend his left leg to the post.
It's also why he's not that hot in shoot outs.
Anyways, he's a big guy and when he's tracking the puck well, he covers a lot of surface area. But like Brodeur, Luongo's also got some holes in his game. Team Canada can't really go wrong with either goaltender. People should really appreciate that we're seriously lucky like that. | 