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If Osaer sounds a little defensive it could be because he's heard it all
before, and quite frankly, it's gotten a little bit old.
"People always say, 'Phil, you're pretty normal for a goalie,'" said the
former collegiate and professional netminder. "Since I've been coach-
ing I started thinking about that statement and it's not even remotely
true. They 're all really good kids. They 're smart, they 're engaged,
they're leaders on their team. Then it started to bother me a little bit.
And the last thing that I want is for one of these kids to think 'oh, I'm
a goalie so I'm weird.'"
More importantly, Osaer worries about how that stigma could
potentially dissuade parents from allowing their sons and daughters
to try the position.
As a person whose livelihood is directly tied to the play of his goal-
tenders, Blashill says there is a better stigma to attach to goaltenders.
"I don't want anyone in our sport to
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