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by Colin Hodd

~ New InGoal Magazine author Colin Hodd is a goalie coach and journalist based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He has a degree in journalism from St. Thomas University and has been covering a little bit of everything since 2011. He's been obsessed with goaltending ever since he saw Jose Theodore's backwards blocker save on Joe Thornton (if you know, you know). He still straps on the pads as much as possible, but hopes his students aren't watching.

The grass is always greener on the other side. Or I guess… the crease is always bluer at the other end? This metaphor is collapsing pretty quickly, but you get my drift.

It’s about the way a goalie on a strong team who faces 20 or fewer shots a game might look to the other end and say “Man, I’m bored. I wish I was getting more shots.”

And the goalie at the other end, facing 50-plus, more rubber than human being at this point, might think “I miss getting time to breathe.”

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