Can anyone dig up records of starting goalies in the playoffs after playing 70+ games in the regular season in recent years? Particularly those that had success in winning rounds. I'm curious. Pretty sure there's only a handful as most playoff teams dress their backup for more than 12 games.
The only year Kipper was able to get the Flames past the first round was when he played a partial season (04). He had some real off games in each first round series where he played 70+ going in. My suspicion is that many games do affect goaltenders when the games get ramped up to another level and the opposition is putting it all out there.
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