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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Yeah, it's complicated but another thing Dougie Hamilton (or any good top pairing Dman for that matter) does is help prevent goals, not just contribute offense.
I didn't account for that either.
My point is, a high end skater (especially Dmen and centers) are much harder to replace and make more of a difference to their team winning than a high end goaltender, because downgrading that high end goaltender to just an average goaltender (which is easy to do) doesn't subtract from the team as much as taking out a high end skater would.
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Tell that to the Canadians when Carey Price goes down.
A high end goal tender going down isn't easy to replace.
The Kings missed the playoffs the moment Quick was injured, although they had a decent in-house replacement (an average goalie).