EHM The Blue Line

I have this one goalie that is a retread goalie (consistancy 16) who came with 3 positioning. I had him up to 5 positioning, and now he went back to 3, in the same year. What the Dickens?

He's been my backup for a year, and he's had to play 34 regular season games cause my regular goalie got injured. Then he got injured, and when he came back his positioning was down to 3 again.

He's still young, so it ain;t from age.

Any ideas anyone?

Qikdraw

What are you doing to him with practice? How long was he injured? I had Kulyash who's 26, he went out for two weeks and lost a couple points off stickhandling almost as soon as he got hurt. It should come back around once he gets practicing and playing. Although having a 23 year old riding the bench isn't typically good for his development...

dybbuk wrote:What are you doing to him with practice? How long was he injured? I had Kulyash who's 26, he went out for two weeks and lost a couple points off stickhandling almost as soon as he got hurt. It should come back around once he gets practicing and playing. Although having a 23 year old riding the bench isn't typically good for his development...

He was injured for about 10 days 2 weeks, can't remember exactly. His practice is standard intense goaltending, medium everything else.

He ended up playing 34 regular season games and playoffs till the conference finals where I got beat. It was about halfway through his 34 games he got injured and the positioning points went down. They have no come back. Even into the next season.

I sent him back to my AHL team for now.

Qikdraw

I find positioning to be a real killer in goalies, almost like consistency, but in a save-to-save kind of way. I've played low positioning goalies several times and they always end up letting me down at least once every two games, beeing amazing then letting in the softy one.

Positioning is important for every player, but yes, it is critical for goalies. Reason is simple: if you're not in the right position at the right moment, you're useless and pretty much can't do anything.

If a forward is out of position defensively, it generally means the opposition will enter the zone more easily. If it's a defenseman, it gives a better opportunity for a shoot. But when the goalie is out of position, he just can't make the save and it ends up being a goal.

A player with a bad positioning means that you can totally forget him defensively. So when it comes to your very last defensive presence (ie your goalie), you know you're in trouble.