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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I posted another look long ago at goalies month by month who played 70 plus games. This was not their trend.
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Perhaps, but Vasilevskiy himself said it was an issue last year, and the Caps felt it was the case for Holtby as well.
Neither side is likely an absolute, but it can certainly be a factor. Especially for a young goalie who hasn't had to play that often before. Rittich has played at most 48 games previously in the Czech league.
Vasilevskiy said in that article that you have to learn to handle that workload. It might take a couple years for Rittich to play more and more without noticeable drops in his performance.
Lundqvist on the matter:
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"You learn by playing and dealing with yourself — your emotions, the ups and downs, and how to manage the energy," said Lundqvist, who has played in 60-plus games a season eight times. "It's hard for someone to tell you what to expect. You deal with it. You battle. Playing a lot of games, yeah, it's a grind. It's a battle. You just have to mentally be prepared for that."
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