One of the ivy’s (never saw the ice and it was a while ago). I say enough awful stuff on gawker that I try to maintain a little bit of anonymity because I have a job where they might actually care and a somewhat unique name so, even though it’s almost certainly overkill, I try real hard not to share information that…

He was outside the paint. It was a literally perfect shot, and it took less than three seconds from the puck being behind the TB goal to it being in the net. I was actually amazed he was as ready for it as he was considering how fast it happened.

Foot fetish. Like in Mr. Deeds.

Yup. I see that, I’m just saying that there was no reason to get up unless he thought there was literally no one from either team in the slot. Standing there is akin to saying the pressure is gone. Standing back up is the most vulnerable thing a goalie does, and the way he did it indicated that either a) he gave up or…

You assholes are looking at two different excerpts that are both there.

You assholes are looking at two different excerpts that are both there.

I’m saying I don’t have to reply to your comment because all the right words were in the article. It’s funny that the first comment after an article that included that excerpt was someone doing the exact bootlicking he mentioned.

Let me rephrase your comment for you a little:

“Nevertheless, it’s a rule of life that all despots attract lackeys, and the Masters attracts more than most. The way the bootlickers carry on about the sacrosanct nature of the tournament, and seem to get such a perverse delight at the innocents who run afoul of the honor code, is enough to make you want to retch.”

That’s when he was providing the best way to see our favorite athletes. Now TV people get that treatment. In a few years it will be the announcers from Youtube or whatever.

I bet the good people at Draft Kings are pretty fucking pumped too. That’s some great ad space.

The confusion here is that that was ball 4, not strike 3. The first announcers didn’t get it either, so I don’t blame you. The second broadcast they pulled from had it right. That’s also why the cather was trying to appeal (that the announcers didn’t get) because if it was a K, then the putout came first and the run…

My point is that the conversation around which guys are elite when they are one of only 30 people in the world that can get that job is stupid construct that belongs on ESPN and talk radio, not in serious discussions between people that actually know and care about sports. Just like QBs, goalies are largely successful…

In 4th grade I spelled my name wrong on a spelling test. Got 100 on the test too. But this is worse, because I was a goalie and it was an unnecessary part of the post. Thanks for being kind though.

But he stood up. That’s never the right move. He was on his feet and leaning toward the shot, that same lean to his left, in a butterfly would have given him a chance to stop it. He gave up early on that play, and it’s just weird.

Go talk about Joe Flacco with your “elite” this or that. He’s one of the best 30 goalies in the world, how elite are you?

NHL GameCenter is the shit. I watch the old games all the time. Guys were butterflying in the 60s, it was just like an extreme sport at that point, with no real protection. There used to be a magazine called Goalie World that did frame by frame analysis of goalies. I think they went under (I ordered a bunch of back…

I think Crawford was having a flashback to that bad angle goal last game. But, even then, just diving across is better than nothing. Wave your fucking stick at it, something. He gave up before it was shot. I guess it’s the old coach in me, but I have more patience for positional mistakes than for giving up before the…

... or ever, really.

Thanks. I say he’s underrated only because people don’t understand that being a solid goalie on a good team is a different skill than stealing games. Hasek, for instance, was prone to some really weird, soft goals (especially when he tried to play the puck). That was okay when he was stopping 40 other shots in Buffalo…