I read somewhere that it's not the pad size, but the pad thickness that matters most. That's a great point. Pads should cover a goalie's body, but what's more important is thickness. Another point is the chest protectors, they're massively huge now. Something is definitely wrong when goalies who are 5'11" and 150 pounds look like hulks. Undercover police officers who wear bullet proof vests don't look like that. They don't look like big. Again the technology is there to make the gear smaller. So instead of making goals bigger, make goalie gear smaller. Sometimes less is more.
When players of Brodeur's, Patrick Roy's, and Phil Esposito's stature complain about goalie gear, that it should be reduced in size, the League has an obligation to listen to them. It better too, because if not the NHL says bigger nets are on the way.