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The most demoralizing thing a young, talented team can go through is completely dominating play early only to have the lead they worked so hard to establish melt away when their goaltender gives up soft goals. 

If the netminder gets beat—that's one thing.  But soft, out of position goals that result from the other team simply throwing the puck on net, because your goalie is known for giving up soft goals, take the wind out of your sails faster than Adam Burish making his presence felt after being out all year. If you're a young, talented yet still developing team like the Blackhawks —soft play in the pipes simply cannot be allowed to stunt your overall maturation.  In baseball it's the young teams with a proven closer ...

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Article written by Al Bloom