You also get to see every goal, every night now, you didnt when we were playing.

I think this is just a way to hug the post and prevent wrap arounds and should be used carefully. In the video you see that the Stars had no open player to pass to so the goalie’s concern was the Star player behind the net. The best chance for a goal at that instance was a wrap around so the Minnesota Wild goalie hugs the post to prevent the wrap around and with his defense doing a good job covering the Stars players that mean the goalie can focus more on the Stars player with the puck since he’s the biggest threat. The positioning of the opposing player meant that the opposing player’s best shot at scoring is either a wrap around or to slip a puck in if the goalie isn’t cutting all the angles off by hugging the post to make sure a puck can’t squeeze in. This is a situation where this is the best course of action. Goalies want to also minimize the chance to score so since a wrap around or sneaking a puck in due to not hugging the post are the most prominent threats the goalie prioritizes them. Yes goalies are way too quick to drop down leading to high shots getting in more often and this is why it’s so hard to play goalie in any sport since you’re partly playing a game of chance and minimizing risks with no back up. If you cut down one risk that leaves you open to another and if your defense isn’t much help that makes it so much harder and means the opposing team has more dangerous chances that you need to minimize. If you get it wrong since your the last line of defense you will get most of the blame. There’s always a time and place for every tool a goalie has and this was the best tool a goalie could use in this situation due to how the defense was covering the opposing players well. Also dropping down to butterfly prematurely is somethings just goalies behind screened so they can’t see the puck that well so the play a game of chance covering as much of the net as they can with tends to leave the upper net vulnerable but if you don’t go butterfly then more of the net is unprotected. Also 5 hole goals are also very common with goalies dropping into the butterfly after it’s too late.

We sometimes get beat by a bad RVH goal, it's true. But this technique saves sooo many more than it allows. Compared to VH or standing post integration, when there is danger of a centering pass this position selection makes a huge difference.