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Am I the only one that has noticed that 95% of the guys with blocker hand positioning and/or stick positioning problems have too long a paddle on their stick?
I've been selling goalie equipment for the last 4 years so I can tell first hand how often goalies (especially kids) not even 5'5" want to buy 26" to 27" inches sticks when they should have 24" or 25" max. More often than not on the advice of some mystic coach that told 'hem their stick isn't always on the ice.
Thing is, the blade as to touch the ice only when the goalie is in a reactive stance ready to get a shot, not when the goalie is straight watching the play. And nowadays, 90% of the shot are stopped butterfly, which means the goalie is on his knees and that a longer paddle is only harder to control because the blade is further away from the body. So in a quick moveent you end up either with the blocker too high and not sealing the body or with the paddle not covering the five-hole.
Most 6' tall pros play with 25" inches, Roy played with 25", Toskala is playing with 24.5", over 6' they play with 26", longest I ever seen on a pro return is 26.5" on Giguere sticks.
Last edited by buzz4never : 11-17-2007 at 10:12 AM.
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