That screenshot from ORL’s opener is very telling. Bendik probably could have been a half step to his right in order to better cover where Mc Guire’s body is shaped to shoot. Also, Glesnes’s recovery is going to cover Bendik’s left side so he could’ve afforded to cheat the other way more.
Granted, this all happened so fast so it’s easy to go through that thought process when looking at a photo. I do wonder if it was a product of Bendik not playing regularly and not making the sharpest of reads or simply an older player losing a step. In his prime, he could make some incredible stops with his athleticism and perhaps in his younger days, this is a routine save for him.
That screenshot from ORL’s opener is very telling. Bendik probably could have been a half step to his right in order to better cover where Mc Guire’s body is shaped to shoot. Also, Glesnes’s recovery is going to cover Bendik’s left side so he could’ve afforded to cheat the other way more.
Granted, this all happened so fast so it’s easy to go through that thought process when looking at a photo. I do wonder if it was a product of Bendik not playing regularly and not making the sharpest of reads or simply an older player losing a step. In his prime, he could make some incredible stops with his athleticism and perhaps in his younger days, this is a routine save for him.