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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Vasilevsky was 22. Fleury was 21. Hellebuyck was 23. Rask was 22. Gibson was 22. Price was 21. Bobrovsky was 22. Lehner was 25 (Is he an elite goalie?). Hart was 21 (is he an elite goalie?)
Vasilevskiy played parts of two AHL seasons. Hellebuyck played two seasons. Rask played two seasons. Gibson played two seasons. Bobrovsky played three seasons in the KHL. Lehner played three AHL seasons.
Varlomov was 23. Grubbaur was 26 or 27. Holtby was 24. Quick was 22. Andersen was 25.
Markstrom did not become a starter until he was 27. He also played five seasons in the AHL.
After two full seasons in the AHL Wolf will be 22-years-old. It will take as long as it takes, but I sure don't think we should be pencilling him in as an NHL starter by then. I don't see the same clear pattern that you seem to.
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We must disagree on what the definition of a 1B is. We're also counting the ages differently. I'm going by first games of the season.
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And they both played in the NHL during their 20 year old seasons.
I didn't say Anderssen was a starter by 23. I said he was in the NHL by then.
Same foes for Markstrom.
The evidence is extremely overwhelming. I don't see how anyone can disagree with this.
Also, nearly every cup-winning goalie is under the age of 30.
I haven't checked, but I think Tim Thomas was the only 30+ goalie who won the cup since 2008. Murray, not Fleury, played in the recent Penguin cups. Crawford might have been 30 in 2015.