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Over the past several seasons goaltending workload has become a hot topic among hockey fans. How many games should a starting goaltender play? Is there any correlation between a dip in performance and more significant playing time? How important is it to manage a goaltender’s workload?
Recently, Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times wrote a piece that stated pretty plainly that Andrei Vasilevskiy is “exhausted” from his first season of shouldering a starting goaltender’s schedule.