Sometimes people forget that a #1 goalie rarely looks like Carey Price or Sergie Bobrovsky. Even Bobrovsky doesn't always look like Bobrovsky.
Reliable #1 doesn't mean you don't hit bad patches, it means you're able to come out of them.
We might not be staring at two top 5 tenders in the league, but I would be surprised if neither Johnson or Elliott were looked at as average to above average starters by season's end. You don't need a top 5 goalie to be a top 5 team in the league.
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