While it’s proven that Jacob Markstrom is the lead goalie for the Vancouver Canucks heading into this season, time could very well change that. Thatcher Demko has continued to show that with more responsibility, the hype that surrounded him from an early age may be well earned.
Through the last half of the 2018-19 season, the 29 year-old Markstrom hit another level in the Canucks crease. Starting with a dominant 8-1-0 month of December, in which he posted a .943 save percentage and 1.66 goals against average, Markstrom cemented himself as not just the No.