You people suck

Goaltending? Most important position in sports? Bah. Not a problem, right? I mean, you've had arguably the best goaltender of all time between the pipes for damn near 15 years.

Some of us aren't that freaking lucky! Some of us have $7 million dollars spent on AHL goaltending, one of whom collapses under pressure, the other can't be bothered to show up on time to practice.

Screw you! It's not fair that every time an unscreened shot from 100 feet out goes anywhere near my net, my heart skips a beat. It's not fair that my team can score 5 goals and still have a good chance of losing. It's also not fair that your goalie has played 70+ games every year for the past 10 years! The only time my team had a good goalie, the idiot tweaked his groin at the Olympics and was done for the year!

:cry:

Phew. Now, to get to my question, I'm wondering if you guys watch your games the same way I do. Are you guys watching to see if the mesh gets punched when there's a shot? Do you get nervous and try to follow the puck if there's a goal mouth scramble? Do you get filled with a sense of dread if you're up by 1 late and the other team pulls their goalie?

Or do you just feel safe with Marty back there, and calmly sip your beer as he makes routine saves? I just want to know if a good goalie instills confidence in the fans as much as he does his teammates, or if you guys are as antsy as the rest of us.

And by the way, if Marty disappears under mysterious circumstances this weekend, and suddenly Martin Gerber stops giving up soft goals every game, that was me.

With Marty back there, I'm feeling good.

But if I notice the defense chasing more than defending and the other team continues to get chances, I do tend to worry a bit because that's usually when the goals come. If Marty's beat, it's usually on a difficult/impossible shot to beat.

With Marty back there, I'm feeling good.

But if I notice the defense chasing more than defending and the other team continues to get chances, I do tend to worry a bit because that's usually when the goals come. If Marty's beat, it's usually on a difficult/impossible shot to beat.

Yep. Same with me.

I still worry about those shots from the point though. You never know what can happen to the puck on the way to the net.

With Marty back there, I'm feeling good.

But if I notice the defense chasing more than defending and the other team continues to get chances, I do tend to worry a bit because that's usually when the goals come. If Marty's beat, it's usually on a difficult/impossible shot to beat.
I agree with this. I think if Marty sees a puck, he'll stop it. Even on deflections and redirections (even by our own guys :cry::help:) he can stop them.

But I get nervous when we can't clear the zone or our forwards allow an odd-man rush or get caught puck-watching or when our defense just allows opposing players who drive the net maybe a couple times a month to walk right in.

Now, to get to my question, I'm wondering if you guys watch your games the same way I do. Are you guys watching to see if the mesh gets punched when there's a shot? Do you get nervous and try to follow the puck if there's a goal mouth scramble? Do you get filled with a sense of dread if you're up by 1 late and the other team pulls their goalie?

Or do you just feel safe with Marty back there, and calmly sip your beer as he makes routine saves? I just want to know if a good goalie instills confidence in the fans as much as he does his teammates, or if you guys are as antsy as the rest of us.


I generally watch the mesh on a slapshot if I'm watching standard def. If I'm watching high def I try to follow the puck. I empathize with you on the nervous-on-every-shot thing, Marty usually starts the season slow and there were some games this year when shots were going in from crazy angles. It's definitely stressful when you think a goal can come at any time.