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Stylistically, Subban is quick with his hands and upper body, moving around a lot and unafraid to use his torso to smother the puck and to provide a seal if he thinks it's going to get the job done the fastest.
On one hand, he's a very strong skater, so you're going to notice his edgework is quick, he can move from post-to-post faster than a lot of guys, and he can recover and transition around the crease (and, frankly, out of it, which is his thing sometimes) much more efficiently than most other goaltenders.
The downside, though, is that he still lacks what I consider to be really strong tracking skills and he doesn't really get set on his edges well, so he sometimes pushes through a save, sort of sliding past the puck as he moves to an angle where he can make a stop. If you watch closely, sometimes he'll make a pad save with his far leg when he probably could have gotten a piece with his torso because he kept passing through after a shot was released, ending up slightly off-angle.
This means that when he allows certain rebounds, you'll find him searching for the puck with his head, and often making a desperation (or flashy, depending on who's calling the game) save for his second or third stop because he's not already set on his skates, which makes it easier to head in the opposite direction. He'll have to throw himself to get back across the crease to face a second shot, which both A) can tire a goaltender and B) can leave him vulnerable to eventually allowing that easy shot over his body when he's prone on the ice.
He plays a little aggressively, but that goes sort of hand-in-hand with his style. If you take a look at old Marc-Andre Fleury and maybe some earlier Anton Forsberg, some older Ryan Miller, you'll find your stylistic comparisons; he's a slightly more active John Gibson, but I think his tracking still needs more work than his.
His agility, flexibility, and skating, though, are off the charts.
If you watch Ryan Miller's progression to his current style (done under Rollie Melanson in Vancouver) and see how he toned things down, that's what I believe is our potential ceiling for Subban. Where Fleury is right now is a possible good comp too, but he's had too many injuries this year (Subban, that is) to really give me a good grasp on how he's developing truly at the NHL level.
Some guys like him come out too far when they start getting tired during a season and get too active, so that's a risk.
Dansk has been recalled from Chicago #VegasBorn
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) March 21, 2018
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A retrieving Stetcher looks over at a hard-charging Reaves. Stecher knows what's coming. Nosek then pounces on Boucher in corner to force turnover pic.twitter.com/jClaDZCgrV
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Persistence. pic.twitter.com/pHGJF6GLkB
— Ryan Quigley (@RP_Quigs) March 21, 2018
Fleury took this shot from Sutter off his mask midway through 1st #VegasBorn pic.twitter.com/dfpZp1JVIY
— Sheng Peng (@Sheng_Peng) March 21, 2018
Marchessault said the word was Fleury's sitting out the remainder of the game was precautionary and he wasn't seriously hurt.
— Steve Carp (@stevecarprj) March 21, 2018
Jesse Granger: Can you give us an update on Marc-Andre Fleury's status?
Gerard Gallant: Not really, no. I haven’t heard nothing yet.
JG: But he was injured? It wasn't a plan to rest him?
GG: (pause)I haven’t heard nothing yet. Trainers told me he’s not coming back tonight. That’s it.
JG: So going in, you have a 3-0 lead, let's give him so rest. Can you confirm that it wasn't to give him rest.
GG: No!