You wonder how they mount them on those little slides, like so many jiggling paramecia, but they always manage.
Most goaltenders accept the scrutiny as a part of the job.
They respond to questions about soft goals with the occasional hard stare, but mostly just with shrugs. And so it was for Flyers goaltender Roman Cechmanek, who stopped 92.3 percent of the pucks shot at him last night after stopping 92.1 percent of the pucks shot at him during the regular season, but who still had to endure a polite inquisition that suggested he was the reason the Flyers lost their playoff opener against the Buffalo Sabres. You see, invincibility is mostly a myth. It happens sometimes, sure, but the better team seldom loses to the better goaltender. So if the Flyers are relying on Cechmanek to stop everything from here on out, they might as well just quit now.