For the past couple of seasons I’ve been pleasantly surprised to see Rinne show little to no sign of his play deteriorating for the Nashville Predators. In fact, he’s had some of his best seasons in recent memory, even as he nears age 37. He’s the unquestionable backbone of this franchise, and none of us are ready to see him finally hang up his skates.
Rinne had his fewest number of starts in a season since 2013-14 when he had 24 starts and shared time with Marek Mazanec and Carter Hutton due to injury.