Samuel Montembeault : Stéphane Waite knows how to correct his flaws

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Stéphane Waite has a lot of experience with goalies in the NHL. He notably worked for a championship team in Chicago and when Marc Bergevin took the GM position in Montreal, he eventually brought him along.

And for years, he guided Carey Price.

Today, in the media, he shares his experience with goalies. And yesterday, on 98.5 with Mario Langlois, he talked about Samuel Montembeault, who has been giving up too many goals lately.

In his eyes, the fact that Monty is too passive works against him when there is traffic in front of the net.

We know that Montembeault is not the most aggressive guy in general and visibly, right now, his calmer personality is showing for the wrong reasons in front of the net.

Basically, when he has his view blocked or a shot is deflected, being high in the semicircle has the effect of pushing players back a bit, but also of appearing bigger in front of the net and blocking more space.

And against the Blues, notably, it was flagrant in Waite’s eyes: Montembeault was poorly positioned.

A deflected shot, the higher you are in your semicircle, the less space there is. – Stéphane Waite

I wonder if it’s just a natural instinct that comes back or if fatigue, for example, can make him challenge opponents less in front of his net. But right now, it’s often like that that he gets beaten.

Will the rest tonight do him good? We’ll see.

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