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Goaltending...as a strategy?

I know this will seem against the "spirit of the rule". But for everyball that gets goaltended, the opponent get twice the points of that ball. In a game where the only certainty is you want to win and you want your opponent to score as many as possible in a losing effort goaltending may well be used to give more points to an opponent. Goaltending not only doubles the point the oppenent gets making it useful to give points to a team with robotic problems but it gets rid of having only a limited amount of space in a goal in which to score.

On the other side, the refs only have so many green flags. I believe FIRST would dq a team for persistent goaltending (they would have to after running out of green flags.) So I would definitely not look at this for a long term strategy.

But in a short term look, if you can goaltend five times before being dqed, that could add up to 50 to 100 points for your opponent. It would allow you to more quickly give points to the opponent in the case of a blowout.

Thoughts??
 


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