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Originally Posted by GioforPM
In the last fairly full season, the Cup winning goalie played 74% of the season's 70 games. That's pretty close to what Markstrom will end up with. He's at 79% now and his games will go down in the run off.
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He should be well rested, and it shouldn't be a problem.
But I think the 74% of games played argument misses an important detail -I think it's important how much the goalie plays down the stretch. If he plays 70 games but gets a lighter load for the last couple weeks, he should be in good shape.
Conversely, a goalie that only played 50-55 games, but had to play the last dozen, because his team was fighting for a playoff spot, is going to be much more tired.
It isn't as straight-forward as total games for the season (though that certainly does matter to some extent)