WillardJFredricks
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- May 7, 2004
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No, not pretending. What I saw was Merkley skate back and tap Austin on the pads after the goal and Austin then nodded. You can read what you want out of that but I take it as a positive and I think that 90% of people that watch hockey would see it as a good thing to offer encouragement to a rookie goalie.
I'm not a fan of Merkley, but I do see him encouraging the goalie after nearly every goal against if he's on the ice.