How much would an NHL franchise pay a goal tender who could guarantee they did not lose any of their home games for the entire season? I reckon they'd pay s***loads.
So, you know those REALLY fat people. No, not Hard News, Not me, REALLY fat people... like those people who have not been out of their apartment for years who they do documentaries on, and who are contenders for fatest person in the world etc. How many jobs do you think they can do? Not many I'd wager. How many jobs do you think they could do that would pay as much as an NHL franchise would pay for a goaltender who could guarantee they did not lose any of their home games for the entire season?
So... bring those two ideas together. I want to see the Habs sign Manuel Uribe as their starting goal tender.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Uribe At 597kgs it might take a bit of effort for the rest of the team to push him out onto the ice at the start of the game, and from one end to the other at the end of each period, but once that was done they'd be sorted.
The goal is 3.66 metres wide and 2.1 metres high. With shoulder pads on I reckon he'd block it off.
There are limits on the size of goal tender's pads to stop ordinary sized goalies using massive pads to cover more of the goal. I reckon the NHL might struggle to ban Manuel Uribe from playing, although it might be an interesting case.