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https://nationalpost.com/feature/bre...tending-crisis

What happened to Canada's goaltending? Breaking down a national crisis in the net

Canada used to have the best goalies but other countries are getting better. Here's what we can learn from them

The 4 Nations Face-Off roster reveals in early December set off alarmists who bemoaned the selection of Team Canada goalies Jordan Binnington, Adin Hill and Sam Montembeault, as well as an alleged puck-stopping paucity stemming from the development system that spawned them.

Had you ingested much of that coverage, you could have been forgiven for believing the Americans, Swedes and Finns boasted the world’s top nine goaltenders while the second comings of Warren Score Against Me and Red Light Racicot were due to cost Canada any chance of tournament success in Montreal and Boston in February. Indeed, the on-air and online hand-wringing seemed surely to precipitate the next Open Ice Summit.

It’s a national crisis