THE SEQUENCE

This time Demko is facing a Calgary Flames power play opportunity late last season, which at that time meant trying to make a read off slick, skilled forward Johnny Gaudreau:

Who in your mind is the most dangerous threat from here?

What do you make of Demko’s positioning on the post?

THE SAVE

There’s actually a second read involved but we’d be giving away too much information about the first part if we show a freeze frame of the second, so watch the entire sequence now:

We’ll start with that first pass from Gaudreau? Looking at the passing options and how Demko was positioned, do you think he was in a good spot to handle all three? Once that pass goes up high, are you at all surprised that Demko regains his feet with a push to the middle?

From there, we’re on to part two of this read: Pass or shoot for Monahan?

Did you see any indicators that he was going to make that pass to Tkachuk? What did you think of how Demko handled it by sliding outside his post, rather than into it?

THE PRO READ

Let’s hear how Demko read both the initial threats and the second pass-or-shoot decision:

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