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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Glenn Hall started 502 straight and even won a cup in the final year of that run...so yes, it is possible. He didn't even wear a helmet/mask for the entire streak...he's just a human after all so that should still be possible today?
Perhaps there is a reason goalies aren't playing quite as much these days? Like the people who make these decisions for a living have evolved their thinking for some reason...
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We’re not talking about decades ago, we’re talking about post lockout here.
Even look at a guy like Andrei Vasilevskiy, typically plays 75% of his team’s games which is 60+ in an 82 game season on top of the 20+ playoffs back to back. He could be ready to three-peat here playing likely more than any goalie in the league over the last few seasons.
This whole tired talk is pure speculation in the first place. This conversation might not even apply to every goaltender either. What if some can handle it and some can’t.
This is ultimately just an impossibly difficult debate to have because we just don’t know and we’re never going to know. Even his teammates probably don’t know. The only who’s going to know is Jacob Markstrom.