Once found bobbing and twitching in front of nearly every net, the maladjusted N.H.L. goaltender has gone the way of knit sweaters and $10 tickets.

Goalies no longer talk to their goalposts. Gone are most of the quirks, the bizarre rituals and the unwritten rule that goalies were not to be talked to or joked with. Their corner of the hockey world was considered a sort of mental-health quarantine.

“Goalies are much more normal now,” said Darren Pang, a former goalie and now a broadcaster for the Phoenix Coyotes. “Where did all the crazy ones go?”

Sanity has overtaken a generation. Today’s goalies have grown up in a sport that figured out that a great goaltender was a requirement for a championship team. Now, they are surrounded by specialized coaches and have access to instant video analysis. Most startling of all, they have actual relationships with their teammates.