EDMONTON, Alberta — The league has changed so drastically in the past few years that Henrik Lundqvist doesn’t see the value in looking back.
The Rangers goalie knows how different things are since he broke into the league in 2005, or the year he won the Vezina Trophy in 2012, or even the year his team won the Presidents’ Trophy in 2015. The game is more open, more frantic. It’s more difficult on goaltenders.
And that’s why most teams now have a steady rotation of two netminders that can both carry a substantial workload — just as Lundqvist is doing with Alex Georgiev, set to get his second straight start of this Canadian road trip here against the Oilers on Tuesday night.