Joey Daccord kind of came out of nowhere with the Seattle Kraken.
He was the 199th overall pick in the 2015 draft, had his ups and downs in the NCAA and AHL, but last year, at age 27, he proved he is NHL caliber .
In 2023-24, the American goaltender has allowed an average of 2.46 goals per game, in addition to posting a save rate of 0.916 in 50 games.
Recently, he stood out after his team’s overtime victory, as he joined his team in “jumping in.”
Obviously, he couldn’t stay on his skates after this jump, but it shows his slightly goofy side.
Here is the sequence in question:
The podcast What Chaos! released an episode in which the Guardian of the Kraken was present.
You can find the full video right here.
After hosts Pete Blackburn and DJ Bean returned to the sequence mentioned above, a rather particular subject surfaced.
Daccord proposed that goalkeepers could join the attack during a delayed penalty, rather than going to the bench for the benefit of a sixth player.
He even went on to say that he could score five goals per year if this fictitious rule were to see the light of day.
He seemed very excited about his idea.
He would like to change the central red line rule for goalkeepers, which prevents them from crossing the middle during the match.
Pette Blackburn launched the image of a goalie who stands in front of the net to hide the view of the other goalie with all his equipment.
To this, Daccord followed up by saying that he could make deflections very easily with the width of his goalkeeper stick.
No, but, what a conversation.
The goalie even mentioned that he likes to practice his one-timers at the end of warmups when he’s not playing.
“I would still like to be able to play offense. Scoring goals is so enjoyable. Whenever I’m not playing, I practice my one-timers at the end of warmups. And I’m no worse off with my goalie gear. » – Joey Daccord
He jokingly tells his head coach, Dan Bylsma, from time to time that he would like to play on the power play.
Definitely, Daccord seems like a good person to be around and should be the type of player who can lighten the mood with his goofy side.
In burst
– Roman Rotenberg said a few words about Ivan Demidov at a press conference.
– It didn’t take too long.
– Pierre-Luc Dubois presented the starters for the Caps with a touch of French.
– To read.
– Good reply from Roenick.
