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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
To be fair there are plenty of examples of goaltenders playing well into their mid-30's. I don't think he's in decline. I think his issues are mental and maybe the goaltender coaches aren't doing a good enough job helping him prepare mentally to start games.
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Maybe it's mental decline. Maybe it's physical decline. I don't know. Goalies definitely aren't as easy to place on the age curve, but it's also not uncommon for goaltenders to fall off at this age either.
Franchise goaltenders typically don't trend that way, but I don't think Markstrom has ever been that kind of goaltender.