g00n
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- Nov 22, 2007
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Extremely small nit here and I agree with the rest of your post, and maybe Holtby feels differently than I do, but as a goalie, I would want that 3rd goal back. He got caught watching Green's train wreck (which, in fairness, I don't think anybody except Giroux could look away from) and was off both his depth and angle.
I just watched it again on NHL.com. Carlson and Fehr are crossing right in front of Holtby at the top of the crease, and Giroux split them immediately when the puck popped out. There was no time for Holtby to do anything and he was on the post where he should've been based on Green's position, but Green made a sudden, bad move up ice and squirted the puck directly to Giroux. There was nowhere for him to go with 2 Caps in front of him, either.
What did Holtby actually do wrong in that situation, compared to the good plays by the Flyers, the bad play and decision by Green, and the ill-advised and lazy moves of Carlson and Fehr directly in front of the crease with no attention paid to either Flyer?
All we can say is we wish he would have made a great save to cover up for that mess. Nobody was working in his favor on that play. It may as well have been 5 on zero.