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As a reaction to a shot to the pants i like the idea of the stick coming down more for cradling with the blocker than anything. Specifically on shots to the 5 hole its interesting. On low shots to the corners I think some angle is good but this approach isnt the greatest as it can cause the goalie to punch at the puck, potentially missing, can cause odd bounces because of the severe angle, or can cause the goalie to miss because by angling the stick the blocker comes back throwing off the arc. If this approach is the standard blocking butterfly I believe it opens the goalie to getting abused on the blocker side because it brings the blocker back and locks it in. On 5 hole shots its interesting as it does lend itself to retention, my only worry would be causing strange rebounds off the body, that being said I think in this situation its legitimate.
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