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Can We Finally Get This Right!
by Paul on 04/06/08 at 09:12 AM ET
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from Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe,
Time for bigger nets? Not yet. Not before one last look at the brotherhood of Stay Puft Marshmallow goalies and their arsenal.
In about eight weeks, a nine-member committee, dubbed the Goalie Equipment Working Group, will wrestle with this age-old question: Does size really matter? Comprising four general managers and five players, the group intends to convene for one day (June 11 in Toronto) and settle once and for all what, if anything, can be done about modifying goaltender equipment, in hopes of leading to more goals and more entertaining hockey.
“Maybe some of the equipment can be squeezed smaller, or maybe there’s a way of scaling it specifically to body size,” said Paul Kelly, executive director of the NHL Players Association. “What we know for sure is that everyone wants to resolve this, once and for all.
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Thank God...hopefully equipment size is reduced significantly as a result of this.
Posted by underthechestnuttree from LaSalle, Ontario, Canada on 04/06/08 at 10:08 AM ET