While how teams view the goaltending position has dramatically changed over time, its importance is still significant. Travis Yost has more on the trend of goaltender platoons around the NHL.
Perhaps the most interesting roster building dynamic in the National Hockey League’s modern era can be found at the goaltending position.
But over time, and for a variety of reasons, that strategy has changed. Some of it concerns the in-flow of talent , which has created a much larger supply of available talent in net. Some of it concerns the risk appetite of franchises, as teams have learned of the dramatically negative effects high fatigue loads can create for player performance, to say nothing of the injury risk.
And for good reason. If you look across the NHL’s modern era , you see a decisive long-term trend moving away from heavy starter usage rates, and towards platoon-style setups across the league:, Colorado’s Alex Georgiev, and Winnipeg’s Hellebuyck) crossed the 60-game threshold last season. For these three teams, back-up goaltenders were still soaking up 25 per cent of total minutes. And for the rest of the league , their goaltending room was some version of a weighted platoon.
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