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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
A surprising amount of Stanley cups are won because young goalies come out of no where and put the team over the top.
See Pittsburgh 2016, 2017, St. Louis in 2019.
Goaltending is huge.
This is why I'd rather have Lehner than Hall if possible.
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But you're contradicting yourself here a bit.
The goalie for the Pens on their Cup wins was a young kid that came out of nowhere, and the goalie for the Blues was a journeyman AHLer that also came out of nowhere. Both of those goalies have fallen back to earth in recent times.
So why pay a fortune for a UFA goalie when it doesn't guarantee that you'll get the goaltending you need?
My point is, you'll never guarantee it. Just get a couple of somewhat steady goalies and hope at least one of them finds his groove at the right time.