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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
They are kind of waiting prime years of their best players with dimestore goaltenders. If I was an owner I wouldn't be pleased with their approach to the position. Just because they did it once with Kuemper, doesn't mean it would be repeatable to go deep into the playoffs with backup level goaltending.
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To be fair, it's really difficult to hold a championship team together and upgrade all the aspects under the current system. You really need great timing where you have your star players in their prime with the up and coming guys on the cheap. After a few years, those up an coming guys all want to get paid and tough decisions have to be made.
Consistent goaltending is also pretty hard to come by. Losing Francouz was also a pretty big blow. Even if he hadn't developed into being a starter, he brought a lot of stability to the goaltending.