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True enough.
If they were accepting of the role though they might be good back ups and mentors for a young guy on a contender as well as a veteran presence in the room of young team that's become/becoming a contender. Although not goalie related something similar to having Gary Roberts (one of my favorites) and Mark Rechhi in Pittsburgh.
Guys like Kari Lehtonen, Henrik Lundqvist, Carey Price if he makes it, that sort of thing.
I'd say Ray Emery and Cam Ward too but they seemed to do pretty well in their first few playoffs.
They could be a stop gap for average to bad teams so they could either keep their young tenders in lower leagues for proper development or split time with the old guy rather than being totally thrown to the wolves.
There's uses for them dependent on salary and pride.
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