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Islanders: How Much Longer Can Semyon Varlamov Be A Starting Goalie?

This year was Semyon Varlamov's first year in net for the New York Islanders after signing a four-year deal back on July 1. He was brought in to replace Robin Lehner, and help get Ilya Sorokin to come over, but mostly it was to serve as the Isles starter.

In 45 games, Varlamov had a .914 save percentage and a 2.62 goals against average. For context, of goalies who started 20 or more games, Varly ranks 23rd in save percentage and 16th in goals against average of 57 qualifying goalies.

He wasn't phenomenal but he was about an average goalie in the NHL during the 2019-2020 season.