This in from NHL goalie expert Kevin Woodley ... One issue, Woodley said, is that when Skinner goes down with his pads to the ice he’s got a “narrow butterfly.” In the butterfly, the ...

and two years before Ovechkin entered the NHL, the length of goalie pads was limited to 38 inches. NHL scoring at its highest levels in Gretzky era Some will argue that Ovechkin is a greater goal ...