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Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS
I know history has shown that any goaltender playing well at the right time is sufficient to take the team deep into the playoffs, but there's no consistency. I'd rather have a world class goalie. Sure Halak and Leighton got hot for their teams this year, but next year it will be two other no name goalies that get hot at the right time. The problem is, we don't know who these goalies are going to be. That's a risk I wouldn't want to take. Look at how many years the Flyers have had awesome forwards and dmen and yet no proven goalie in net.
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Exactly. It's not something you can foresee and count on. A lot of GM's would be under a lot of heat if they just relied on hoping their magical backup goaltender will get hot when the time is right.
There are few goaltenders who are consistently good year after year. Luongo seems to be, or at least we all expected to be, that kind of goalie and unless he crashes and burns (which I don't think he will) from here on, we're lucky to have him.