If Saros is the heir apparent they’re in trouble because he’s ok at best mainly due to his size. When you can find me a stud under 6’2 let me know hasn’t been one not named hank or Quick in years.
Okay so for some reason we'll set aside Lundqvist and Quick. Aside from the aforementioned Halak, Khudobin, Saros, Hutton, Howard, and Allen, we could have: Belfour was 5'11". Giguere was 6'1". Vokoun was 6'1". Nabokov was 6'0". Tim Thomas was 5'11". Theodore was 5'11". Beezer was 5'8"! CuJo was 5'11". Richter was 5'11". Andy Moog was 5'9". Vernon was 5'9". Osgood was 5'10". Hebert was 5'11". And you can go on and on. Some places list Patrick Roy as 6'0" and not 6'2"--which was an earlier point I made about listed heights being nonsense in many cases.
There are some all-time greats in there, and there rest of the guys comprise some of the best goalies of the past 30 years. There's obviously a trend towards larger goalies, which makes plenty of sense. There's also been a trend towards larger, stronger players in general, and yet there's a subtrend towards smaller, skillful players as well. So, I really don't see the issue here. Neither guy--Georgiev nor Shesterkin--fits the "ideal" mold of a 2010's goaltender, but there's ample evidence from both the current era and decades past that small goalies can have great success in the league.
The KHL is the second-best league in the world and Shesterkin's "lack" or height hasn't appeared problematic there. I haven't seen anything in the NHL with Georgiev that made me say, "Damn, if only he were [listed] an inch taller!" And IDK what you're even talking about with Saros being "ok at best because of his size." Do you have a documented list of instances where his size has prevented him from making saves?
I'm not going through this anymore because it's all garbage.