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Originally Posted by transplant99
YOu really kind of don't know though....3 years from now any guy could be on fire for some set time and be the best in the game in that window of time.
Canada could also be without any real great G's for those games.
We just do not know.
"Goalies are voodoo", isnt just a saying, its based on the wild swings that particular position sees year after year.
Predicting doom and gloom 3 years out is fools play.
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If you were predicting who would finish in the top 10 for save percentage over the past 4 seasons when playing in at least half the games you would be very successful if you went with any of the following names
Ullmark - twice and just missed the third time (Sweden)
Hellebuyck - 3 times (USA)
Saros - 3 times (Fnland)
Shersterkin - 3 times (every year he has basically played) (Russia)
Vasilevsky - 3 times (Russia)
Sorokin - 2 times (every year he has played and qualified, did not get enough starts in 20-21 but would have been had he started 6 more times) (Russia)
So basically 6 of the top 10 positions are locked up each year. Is it possible for others to squeak in and have a good year, sure. But goaltending is pretty consistent, year in and year out amongst the elite, who are the goalies who presumably will play at the Olympics.