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Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
Markstrom had been normal before then…..
I don’t know if you can expect/bank on a 34 yrs old to be normal for your success
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Markstrom will be 33 when the season starts. Kuemper was 31 last year, Price was 33 the year before, Khudobin was 33 the year before that, Rask was 31 the year before that (and Halak was 33 and he's still good), Fleury was 32 the year before that (and he's still good), Rinne was 33 the year before that.
Those are just cup winners and finalists, there are plenty of other examples of goalies playing well into mid 30s this year. Anderson and Raanta in Carolina, Anderso in Buffalo, Fleury in Minnie, Varlamov, Talbot is playing ok, Francouz, Elliot rebounded.
The point is it doesn't take much of an improvement for Markstrom anyway, with the one goal and OT losses the Flames had, just a small rebound in form will be good.