Quote:
Originally Posted by WillyGrips13
It seems that in the US and Canada there is a natural disdain for goalies by the other position players and coaches. If not disdain than resentment. Just listen to the tone of former players when they discuss goaltending. Maybe it's a generational thing. But, I've run across many people who tend to think the goalie is simply there to serve them and doesn't take into account that the goalie is your teammate. This attitude probably translates into how they decide to coach and to appropriate funds for goalie training. Maybe in Finland they do not have this attitude.
|
that's global... there's just one (or bunch of) smart guy(s) in finland who pretty much revolutioned the whole system. And obviously it works, finland's a small country and tehy've got lot's of nhl goalies and more coming up