What's wrong with these goalies???

I often ask that question these days when I see goalies play both here in Europe or North America. Why? Simply because there seem to be a couple of bad trends going around and really hurting goalies performance. So what are these trends?

Blocking vs. controlling the puck

Mainly seems to be caused by this school of goaltending where coaches force their goalies to play with their hands tight / close to the body in butterfly so that they leave no holes. This often causes goalies balance to be too far back and they lock themselves to the position and make it harder for them to react to anything that happens after initial shot or pass if they have misread the play. They also give way too much net for the shooter as having hands too far back reduces the coverage a lot compared to having them out front properly. Look at this video where Nikke Bäckström is working with proper save technique and catching pucks in front & controlling them: Link to video

Overuse of paddle down

This also seems to be more and more a trend that has been learned since kids have started to play goal. I guess it is very effective at young age and then it becomes hard to get rid of it once it has been used constantly at young. It’s amazing to see how many pro goalies abuse their game by overusing paddle down & also really hurt themselves by doing it A) Too early and for B) Too long. They open way too much of the net on the blocker side, tie themselves to the ice and have hard time to follow plays etc. Don’t get me wrong, paddle down is a good move when used in correct situations with correct timing. There are certain close plays, wraparounds etc where this move is very effective, but you use it at right time and quickly.
There are trends in hockey always and some of them come and go. I hope these 2 trends will go away sometime soon.