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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I haven't seen any numbers crunched on this.
I do notice that two guys that regularly played 70+ games in the regular season Luongo and Brodeur have playoff stats that are just as good or better than their regular season stats.
There should be a noticeable drop off in playoffs if your theory is correct.
You have to take every goalie that played 70+ games and compare their playoff numbers to regular season. That's really the only way to know for certain.
I don't think you will see any difference.
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You continue to either ignore or are not correctly comprehending what I am saying. And yes, there was a noticeable change in some of Talbot's numbers from last year's playoffs. His GAA roster sharply in round two thanks in part to three games in which he allowed at least four goals.
Again, my point is not that a goalie's performance will diminish over time in the course of a season, it is that beyond a threshold of around 75–85 games a goalie is likely to be less sharp than he was up to that point.
But as usual I expect you to continue to plug your ears and pretend that everything is perfect. You will continue to assert that Cam Talbot can be counted on to play every game for the Oilers from here until 2025, and they will undoubtedly win multiple cups on the back of his other-worldly capacity for a massive workload. He's special—it shouldn't be held against him that virtually every other NHL team restricts their starter's workload to 65 regular season games or less.
Because Oilers.