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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Is the AHL Really Better Than the NHL for Prospect Goaltenders?

It's not just you, and it's not just the Dallas Stars: The entire NHL seems to be trying to figure out the future of goaltending.

With rookies and relative greenhorns like Matt Murray and Andrei Vasilevskiy creating so much of the conference finals narrative, Matt Larkin examines the assumption that goalies are best developed in feeder leagues rather than as NHL backups:

Ninety-two goalies played at least one NHL game this season. Only two, or 2.2 percent, were selected in the past three drafts. Peruse the pages of Future Watch and you'll find dozens of farm-club goaltenders in their early 20s, many of them good enough to be NHL backups.