The Altidudes were calling this game from ice level, and Peter McNab was on the Avs bench. Before Ribeiro’s attempt the Stars were all talking to him. McNab assumed they were giving some pointers on Budaj. Instead, it must have been more like “hey, do that crazy spin move, Mike!”

If im the goalie, I’m actually fine with that kind of move. Ribeiro’s put himself in such an awkward physical position, with the puck on his backhand, that’s he’s limited his shooting options. He can’t really deke, and he can only take a backhand shot. The only difficult shot Ribeiro can take is the one he did – and more often than not he’s either going to miss that shot.

I highly doubt that Ribeiro would try that move if his team’s still in a playoff hunt.

Starting from the fact that this particular game was absolutely pointless, and the fact that the shootout is, by design, a fan gratification tool, then this is great.

Ribeiro knows his team isn’t making the playoffs, for all intents and purposes the 2 teams tied and there’s no real additional ‘team pride’ to gain in winning this in a shootout (especially against Budaj!), so why not go with the exhibition?

How about just not go down into the butterfly so quickly? Budaj gives up the entire upper half of the net when he goes that low.