No matter how good your favorite NHL team is offensively and defensively, bad goaltending will ruin a season. In today's NHL, the gap between the starter and backup can be massive—mostly because teams use the backup spot as a chance to save cap dollars.
In some cases, the backup is not a big deal. There are goalies who can start 60 or more games a year such as Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings or Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals. Other teams have starters who are not at that top level or are less proven. The worry over injuries is also a major issue in many NHL cities, notably in Montreal with the Canadiens, who just went through a trying season because of injuries to Carey Price.
Here are the most unstable goaltending situations in the NHL entering the 2016-17 season and some of the factors that will impact each team.
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Predicting the Most Unstable NHL Goaltending Situations for 2016-17
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