Steve Valliquette

there's a strong correlation to being able to get you back on the rails with the right help.

You still have the ability and you're young enough to adapt.

The mid-tier veterans ages 27 to 32.

Recovery depends heavily on environment.

And sometimes this could be something like a goalie's a little deficient on breakaways.

And as I just said, you're playing for Carolina.

They give up a lot of breakaways.

You don't have a great save percentage.

And some of that reflects the fact that you don't play the one-on-ones well.

So goalies in this range can rebound if they move into a structured environment, a predictable team system, especially if they already have a winning pedigree.

Somebody that comes to mind right now is Kemper and how he was rehabilitated two years ago after being one of the worst goalies in the league three years ago in Washington, goes to Los Angeles two years ago, great destructure, brings his game all the way back, and he's a Vesna guy again, and at least a Vesna finalist.

But he's also previously a Stanley Cup winner.

He has the pedigree.

He's done it before.

He was able to get his game back through a great October-November game confidence.

That's just a good example.

Older goalies that are 33 or over, once you become an older goalie and you fall behind the 15 line, the minus 15 line, recover becomes much less likely.

At this age, a poor season is more of a structural decline signal than a short-term performance dip.

So those are the three ways that I would look at the goalies based on age.

Some of the goalies that have been highlighted this year for teams to look at possible rehabilitation that fit this minus 15 season would be Joey Decord, age 30, Aiden Hill, age 30.