There Comes A Time In Every Goalie's Life When You Just Have To Throw A Damn Poke Check
At what point? At what point are the goaltenders in the world going to decide that enough is enough? You have guys like Trevor Zegras trying to make a mockery out of your position all season long. Every where you turn, there's a new kid out there learning some nasty dangle that is going to make you look like a complete and utter fool on Instagram later that afternoon. Goalies everywhere are getting clowned on from sea to shining sea.
Yet somehow, some way, they've just all collectively decided to not use their greatest form of defense to put an end to all of it. The poke check.
I mean Craig Anderson can smell Blake Wheeler's breath from there. Just chuck your stick at him.
He's literally still dangling your ass off in the crease. At this point you could just spit in his eye for crying out loud. Hock a loogie right in his grill. Or, I don't know, throw a poke check. I suppose that one isn't against any rules.
But I guess goalies these days are just masochists. They get off and getting degraded. They're just guys who like to wear 40 lbs of equipment and get dunked on in shootouts. Oh and speaking of Blake Wheeler doing dirty things to people last night, how about the captain robbing PLD of his 100th career goal last night?
Puck is heading to the back of the net, Wheeler barely grazes it right before it crosses the goal line, now Pierre-Luc Dubois is still sitting at 99 career goals. You never know what could happen with life in the NHL. He may never get to 100. Tough move from the Captain.
P.S. - Even a poke check wouldn't have helped out on this one. He may be Johnathan Quick, but McDavid is [puts on sunglasses] Too Quick.