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11 hours ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

25 minutes of play and Hellebuyck being a brick wall was enough tonight to get two big points. Stats say Buffalo had more giveaways (8-6) but it sure didn’t look that way. But 2 points is 2 points at this time of year. 

8-6 definitely seems off… Wheeler had 6 on his own.

Nice to get the 2 points, especially with two key contributors out of the lineup.

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I’m a huuuge homer when it comes to the Jets but I can completely understand the frustration Anderson and fans showed after Wheelers ‘filthy’ winning shootout goal. I’m not a fan of how players are almost coming to a complete stop waiting for the goalie to make a move then easily put it away. Doesn’t seem right to me.

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49 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:

I’m a huuuge homer when it comes to the Jets but I can completely understand the frustration Anderson and fans showed after Wheelers ‘filthy’ winning shootout goal. I’m not a fan of how players are almost coming to a complete stop waiting for the goalie to make a move then easily put it away. Doesn’t seem right to me.

If I recall correctly,  McDavid (or someone else) used to do something similar on his shootouts for a while.  While technically the skater is moving forward, it's a disadvantage for the goalie.

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3 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:

If I recall correctly,  McDavid (or someone else) used to do something similar on his shootouts for a while.  While technically the skater is moving forward, it's a disadvantage for the goalie.

Huge disadvantage and you don’t have to be a professional hockey coach/player to make that assertion. 

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The rules have been tweaked to not allow spinoramas, second shots, stopping, puck going backwards, etc. So the refs do watch to see if forward progress stops. Only other thing I could think would be to put a shot clock on, but as long as they feel he was moving forward, goal should be OK. I remember Danny Heatley trying that move against Steve Mason in a Jets year one game in Minnesota. Mason just stood there and Heatley ran out of space and shot it into his pads. Can look great a la Patrick Kane or can look really foolish. 

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39 minutes ago, captaincanuck12 said:

If I recall correctly,  McDavid (or someone else) used to do something similar on his shootouts for a while.  While technically the skater is moving forward, it's a disadvantage for the goalie.

It's totally a Patrick Kane move. He does it all the time.

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