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Originally Posted by so.mingoaldude
Pad stack is to me a VERY DESPERATE move ossoicated with over commiting to one side and then sprawling to get back to stop. I dont get out of position very often, and when i do i can butterfly slide over.
But hey im just a kid, a kid none of you have seen before, what could i POSSIBLY know. Youd be surprised.......
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I guess they don't teach percentages in HS.
Picture this. You're standing up hugging the post, guy on the short side with the puck. 2nd forward on the other side 2-3 feet from the net. Cross ice pass.
You can butterfly across, cover 25% of the height of the net, and hope your hand is fast enough to react to a highr shot. Or you can pad stack, take out 50% of the height of the net, and play the odds that the shooter can't raise the puck that high from that short a distance.
I like the odds on the pad stack much better.
But listen to the HS coach over keeks. After all, it's not like keeks has a proven record or anything...