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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Getting average goaltending is pretty hard (say 11th-20th in the league), and top 10/top 5 goaltending harder still.
It should be easy to move up from 30th best goaltending, but that's not saying much.
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Yeah, I don't know if it will be especially difficult to find a solid goaltending solution this season.
At the time that Kiprusoff was an elite-level goaltender, teams required elite-level goaltending to win the Stanley Cup, and there was a premium on elite-level goaltenders.
It is much different in today's NHL, where good goaltending is often all a team needs, and there is a surplus of good goalies available. Last year, several teams were able to effectively shore up their problems in net, and with who looks to be available via trade or UFA, there is no reason to think that it won't happen again this summer. Calgary is one of just a few teams looking to improve in net, and there are already too many candidates for the available job openings. The Flames are actually in a pretty good place to find a starting goalie.