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I hear you! In those types of situations, i tend to not even bother trying to cover the puck. Too much can happen. I would probably put the puck into the corner or behind the net for my defense to clear. That it would! lol I go boot of the pad all the way inside the post if I have to, or at least toe of the skate inside the post, with the boot of the pad out in front. At least there is something sealing the entire space that way. Maybe you would want to try bringing your skate all the way outside the post? I know it seems a little unconventional, and would depend on the situation. You could even come all the way to where the crease and goal line meet. This would allow you to slide your skate past the goal line to get more of you center behind bad angle shots. It's what old school stand up guys would have done. RVH does require a lot of flexibility to seal all of the post. I guess if you can't do it fully, why bother doing it halfway? Might as well try something else that may be more effective. Just a thought. Regular VH may have worked too. It would have put your skate and thigh rise of the other pad down in the way, and let you cover without reaching. I'm not a big fan of VH because I think it's too rigid and leaves weird little holes. But I do use it sometimes. Yep, I agree. Having your skate over the goal line, whether inside the net or out, would probably have made that an easy cover. Sometimes those slow shufflers are the worst. Theyre too slow to react to instinctually. So you get stuck in that thinking/reacting zone, and end up misreading the puck.

This is interesting.