“I’ve been out of the game so long that I start reminding the young goalies, like ‘Hey, you know who started that?’” Turco said. “You’re welcome.”
“By the time I got here, the door was cracked open for me, and I kicked that thing through,” Turco said. “(Ken Hitchcock) didn’t have a handle on me, and Dave Tippett had all the confidence in the world in me, and saw that every mistake that I made was bettered by 20 to 30 good plays, we thought that outweighed it.”
Imo, it’s sad to think that what these puck handling tendys do is amazing (which it is) because this should be common practice will ALL the developing tendys. Far too often we have short sided coaches that solely focus on “forwards” skill sets.
“Wait there tendy we need a punching bag for these next few drills”..(sarcasm emphasized)
We just want goalies to stop the puck and forget that they are actually the sixth player on the team (and one of if not the most valuable player on the ice)
“I’ve been out of the game so long that I start reminding the young goalies, like ‘Hey, you know who started that?’” Turco said. “You’re welcome.”
“By the time I got here, the door was cracked open for me, and I kicked that thing through,” Turco said. “(Ken Hitchcock) didn’t have a handle on me, and Dave Tippett had all the confidence in the world in me, and saw that every mistake that I made was bettered by 20 to 30 good plays, we thought that outweighed it.”
Humility is a trait of the true greats.
Imo, it’s sad to think that what these puck handling tendys do is amazing (which it is) because this should be common practice will ALL the developing tendys. Far too often we have short sided coaches that solely focus on “forwards” skill sets.
“Wait there tendy we need a punching bag for these next few drills”..(sarcasm emphasized)
We just want goalies to stop the puck and forget that they are actually the sixth player on the team (and one of if not the most valuable player on the ice)