Here’s the thing with goaltending. You do need good goaltending to win a Stanley cup but there are very few goalies that are actually “top 10” goalies year after year, so it’s hard to define what getting a top 10 goalie means.
Last year the Blues got great goaltending with Binnington and won a cup, this year he was benched in the first round. Right now I’m watching a series where Michael Hutchinson came in and is on the verge of winning three straight elimination games. Goaltending never makes sense.
Honestly only a few guys fit the bill. Over the last three seasons only Rask, Vasilevskiy, Bishop, Hellebuyck are the guys that I’d say are consistently top 10 goalies, the other goalies have bounced around year to year from a performance perspective.
However the thing this offseason is that there are two goalies that look to be pushing into that group I mentioned that might be available: Kuemper and Lehner. So if the price is right maybe you look at trying to get one of those two guys.
But I don’t see it happening since I’d rather they not spend the farm on trading for Kuemper, and I don’t think Lehner is really going to want a high pressure Canadian market with his history.
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