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I think it depends on your style of play, with the general idea being to have your glove and body moving in the same direction.
If you're a pure butterfly goalie, so that you are going down on virtually every shot, holding the glove up makes sense to me because it means you will not have to move your glove up while your body is going down. At most, your glove can be kept in the same position relative to your body, and as your body goes down the glove winds up in a good position to cover the top corner (as illustrated in Sprawl's comparison photos); or, you may have to move the glove down some, but moving the glove in the same direction as the body is much easier.
On the other hand, if you have a serious stand-up component to your game, you will often be moving your center of gravity up or sideways to play high shots. Given this, it makes sense to start the glove lower because if your body is moving up, it is easier to move your glove up along with it than to move your glove down in opposition to the body.
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