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Old 02-25-2023, 08:52 PM   #259
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Originally Posted by kehatch View Post
Starting goalies are paid to save the easy ones and most of the hard ones. The "it's not his fault" everytime it's a half decent chance is nonsense.
Yeah but the ~25 starting goalies above Markstrom in goals saved above expected this season don’t face nearly as many tough shots as he does. Not one. He leads the league in “can’t blame the goalie on that one” goals against…or something like that. I think.

I don’t get why there is an expectation the sixth highest cap hit goalie in the league and second highest cap hit player on the team makes an exceptional play every now and then.
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