I had an idea come to me as I watched Miikka Kiprusoff get pulled from game 7.
My idea was similar to what a bullpen does for a pitcher.
Have a mini warm up ice surface complete with a net and a goalie coach warming backup goalies with practise shots.
Build the surface by the change-rooms so they can stay warm, stretched and mentally prepared to step into situations like what Curtis Joseph had to do.
It might be hard to actually accomplish, meaning expensive renovations to the arenas, but am I wrong on this one?
Back-up goalies risk pulling hamstrings and groins every time they come in off the bench and how can a back-up goalie possibly be mentally prepared for playoff situations?
I think it would be something better to ponder about for the men upstairs rather than worry about net sizes and all that nonsense.
Lets hear what you have to say, I think I'm on to something here, or maybe this is a dead issue because it was already brought to light?
I don't know, it's just another idea inside of my head.
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2 months ago
Sounds like a good idea to me, I definitley don't think it would hurt anything. Like you said, the expense of renovating an old arena to add such a feature would probably be enough to prevent it from ever happening, but what about when new arenas are built? In a perfect world, a "goalie-pen" could be incorporated into the ice surface design, but as we all know, our world is far from perfect.
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