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Originally Posted by GGG
It's kind of a self selecting stats as good goaltenders play far more games than average. So it's very unlikely you'd ever have an average or below average goalie play 70 games. So I'm not sure what kind of meaning can be taken out of it...
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It shows that success in the modern NHL is largely dependent on managing the workload for a team's goalies. The position and the game has changed so much in just the past decade that Stanley Cup winning goaltenders by and large don't play more than 60-65 games in a season at the most.