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Originally Posted by sa226
I would specify that a bit further and say having good to great goaltending is enough for a cup, vs having a good to great goaltender. Its just that with a good to great goaltender your chances of having great goaltending in the playoffs is much higher.
The list of average goalies that got hot in the playoffs is long. The list of great goaltenders that struggled in the playoffs is also longer than it should be.
If you look at his career numbers Markstrom could be considered a good to great goaltender, that didn't help much against Edmonton did it.
Such a crapshoot of a position to manage.
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Look at Oettinger in DAL, and Shesterkin in NY. Neither team has that elite #1 C like a MacKinnon. But both have an elite goalie. And both are perennial contenders as a result. (Yes, NY has fallen off a cliff this year, but that only proves my point: the roster isn't that terrific, it's that they have an elite goalie)