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Originally Posted by activeStick
What's the average number of games played in the playoffs by a goalie that wins the cup? Maybe 6 games per series, which comes to 24 games over a span of maybe low 50s in days? The narrative on one side, would mean that those that preach rest, also shouldn't want the number one guy getting the start in every game of the playoffs.
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You're being silly.
You want your starter to get rest during the regular season so that he is not burned out for the playoffs.
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No goalie has won the Stanley Cup after playing more than 60 games in the regular season since Marc-Andre Fleury played 62 with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2009.
The average number of regular-season games for Cup-winning goalies since then is 44, though that includes Matt Murray playing 13 NHL games in 2016 and not the 31 games he played in the American Hockey League before winning the Cup for the first time as a late-season call up in Pittsburgh.
Washington Capitals No. 1 Braden Holtby played 54 games last season and won the Cup after averaging 67 starts the previous three seasons and failing to get past the second round.
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