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At The Athletic (paywalled), Joe Smith talked with Andrei Vasilevskiy about his workload last season and how he feels preparing for a new season.

“Now I know how I feel after 60 games in the regular season,” Vasilevskiy said. “I know I can play that 60 games plus playoffs. There’s definitely a lot of things I need to improve on. It’s about experience and I’ll be better in the future.”

In the article, goalie coach Franz Jean says that he thinks starting 55-65 games is the ideal spot for an NHL goaltender. That’s a little higher than most teams with goalies typically playing in the 50-55 game range these days.