Total Career Value, 1955-67
Glenn Hall 218.1
Johnny Bower 196.8
Jacques Plante 164.0
Gump Worsley 67.4
Denis Dejordy 36.8
Charlie Hodge 14.8
Rogie Vachon 5.2
Gerry McNamara 1.7
Ross Wilson 1.4
Gary Bauman 0.3
- Again, this confirms that Hall, Bower and Plante were by far the best three goalies from 1955-67. It also confirms the rapid drop-off in talent after those three netminders.
- Simmons, Paille, Chadwick, Gamble and Rollins all hover at around -60 and Eddie Johnston is at -100.4. Were they that bad in comparison to Plante/Hall/Bower, or were there no other decent goalies avaialbe?
- Sawchuk finishes at 0.0: he was exactly average over that span. Again, this understates Sawchuk's true value, because this data excludes the playoffs, and it also fails to cover Sawchuk's best years, '51-'54.
- Data for the 70's is limited, but the big names are who you'd expect. Dryden finishes 5th and 1st in his two years as a starter; Esposito is 2nd, 3rd and 4th in three years; Giacomin has years finishing 1st and 3rd (but also a few lousy years); Parent, Vachon and Smith look good, but the data for them is quite limited.
I should mention my calculations are slightly different than Dr. No's.
- I remove the goalie's shots and saves when calculating the league average. In a six-team league, a single goalie can have a major impact on the average.
- Instead of using actual shots faced, I used "expected" shots faced. Expected shots faced = minutes played * league average shots per minute. I thought it was unfair for goalies to have higher/lower scores because they play in front of defenses that allow more/fewer shots than average.