That is why he wouldn't compromise and wear the popular short hockey gloves. That's why his elbow pads come further down the arm than most players. That's why he wore a pad on his wrist and, beneath that, always taped his wrists. But on a Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre, Penguins goalie Tom Barrasso swung his stick with recklessness but not intent. You see it more and more.
Players use their stick.
Anywhere he would hit me, it would have broke my arm. I was lucky. The angle of my arm was kind of straight. The angle on Yanic Perreault has changed so much in two tenures with Toronto. The first time, he was little more than afterthought.