Is there a rule about how fat a goalie can be?

[dkhockey]

If not, why not put a really obese goalie in the net, one who covers 98% of the net.
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Sure it may not be good sportsmanship, but if the other teams can´t score, you sooner or later will win the cup.
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Is there anything in the NHL rule-book about this?

[Seachd]

No, and the reason it's not done is simply because it doesn't work. I believe it's been tried.

[The n00b King ©*]

Wow, this is brilliant!

I'll call Bob Gainey right away and let him in on this.

[Transported Upstater]

This thread has potential...

[frag2]

If the fat goalie movies like e.honda, then it'll work. man that fat man has fast hands

[Systemfel]

No. See Brodeur, Martin.

[Koivu84*]

In before someone mentions Charles Wang and the Sumo wrestlers or the fat russian goalie prospect Calgary has (or had?)

[Doctor No]

Originally Posted by dkhockey

If not, why not put a really obese goalie in the net, one who covers 98% of the net.
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Sure it may not be good sportsmanship, but if the other teams can´t score, you sooner or later will win the cup.
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Is there anything in the NHL rule-book about this?

Welcome to HFBoards!
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=455481

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[Shat Scar]

Not a new idea.

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=455481

edit; beaten

[Doctor No]

Originally Posted by DruMez

Not a new idea.

http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=455481

Yay! Beat you by ten seconds!

[Ogopogo]

Originally Posted by dkhockey

If not, why not put a really obese goalie in the net, one who covers 98% of the net.
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Sure it may not be good sportsmanship, but if the other teams can´t score, you sooner or later will win the cup.
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Is there anything in the NHL rule-book about this?

With the equipment goalies wear today, we aren't that far off.

[PanniniClaus]

Norway have such a goalie and they will unveil him at the worlds.

[frag2]

Originally Posted by PanniniClaus

Norway have such a goalie and they will unveil him at the worlds.

this i'd like to see. is there hockeydb info?

[Lunatik]

it already failed

see: Andrei Medvedev

[Transported Upstater]

Originally Posted by frag2

If the fat goalie movies like e.honda, then it'll work. man that fat man has fast hands

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do you know anyone who is six feet wide and can stand up for at least an hour a day?

[dkhockey]

Originally Posted by Doctor No

Welcome to HFBoards!
http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=455481

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Yeah, but that was the old NHL, this is the new NHL...LOL.......or was it also the new NHL last year?

[PanniniClaus]

Originally Posted by frag2

this i'd like to see. is there hockeydb info?

Lysenstoen is an absolute monster. He looks to be 6'5" 260 - 280. He has been in the gym and is flabby all over.

He moves well for a big guy and has solid net coverage. Some soft goals though and seems highly immature.

I think Grotnes will start but who knows.

[dkhockey]

Originally Posted by Transported Upstater

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I can see it´s Washingtons coach on the right (in warpaint), but who is guy on the left?

[Transported Upstater]

Originally Posted by dkhockey

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I can see it´s Washingtons coach on the right, but who is guy on the left?

Mike Commodore.

[Devils Mike*]

Originally Posted by Systemfel

No. See Brodeur, Martin.

Fail.

[senrab]

Tim Thomas looks a little pudgy

[nhldraftvideo]

Lol when i saw the thread title i tought it was another price bashing thread lol

[KenHiczkakenbalz]

It's been tried. A college goalie dressed up in a fat suit and took shots at an NHL practice. He was unbeatable normally, but was epic fail at breakaways. I heard it on the Tony Kornheiser show, back when David Burd was hosting it (during the football season). They interviewed an author who wrote a book testing sports stuff like this.

The other two I remember from the interview were that Andy Roddick destroyed the author playing with a frying pan, and that sumo wrestlers make great offensive linemen.

[sarcastro]

If you got a 6' tall sumo, put gear on him, and had him lie on his side, he could cover 4 feet wide. And if not, he could cover everything a butterfly goalie ever covers anyway. It's conventional wisdom that if you can hit the top corner, you'll score every time - it's just so hard to hit that spot regularly, under pressure from defense, and with the puck coming from a downward angle.

Edit - the idea of a fat goalie trying to move around and play angles and make saves wouldn't work. You'd need a guy that's so big he didn't have to move.