G Carter Hart (2016, 48th, PHI)

[AtlasRust]

Player of the Game in the WJC gold medal winning game.

 

[bambamcam4ever]

This is really disconcerting about Sandstrom. Thanks to Google Translate, this article says that he may need surgery to repair the condition.

Quote in that article after putting it through translate: "I have a rump on my mouth."

 

[Appleyard]

Quote in that article after putting it through translate: "I have a rump on my mouth."

Haha.

Sandström has/had a hiatal hernia. Could not hydrate properly and therefore could not train properly as a result.

But good news is has recovered in last few weeks and will be loaned out soon to get him back into swing of things...



Anyway, on subject of Hart, had a great game in the final and overall a good tournament.

 

[Tripod]

Best SV%, best GAA and win gold. Could not have asked for much more!

 

[hellstick]

He's the best Canadian goalie in the WJC since Price.

 

[Hockeypete49]

I am jacked as a Flyer fan and Happy for Carter getting the gold after last year's silver.

 

[teravaineSAROS]

He seems like the real deal.

I get the same vibes I got from Saros performance in the WJC where he's just got that psychological clutch to keep it together under immense amount of Swedish pressure

 

[Tripod]

Shutout for Hart last night....6th of the season in 20 games. Leads the league.

Also leads the league with 1.37 GAA and .958 SV% this year.

Next best numbers from starters are 2.75 GAA and .914 SV%

 

[Tripod]

He stopped 23 of 24 shots tonight....and his SV% did not go up.

Maybe that shows how great he has been. That .958 SV% is saving 23 of 24 shots ALL SEASON! Crazy!

At least his GAA went down to 1.35.

 

[Critical13]

He stopped 23 of 24 shots tonight....and his SV% did not go up.

Maybe that shows how great he has been. That .958 SV% is saving 23 of 24 shots ALL SEASON! Crazy!

At least his GAA went down to 1.35.

Those are absurd stats. There is no denying that he’s a bluechip goalie prospect.

 

[Howard Beale]

How many years away from the NHL do you guys think he is?

Goalies are notoriously slow to crack the big leagues, but his WHL numbers are unreal...

WHL Goalie Stats

 

[clay]

Without digging into the numbers, this has to be the most dominant junior season in history by a goalie.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

Without digging into the numbers, this has to be the most dominant junior season in history by a goalie.

I agree.

 

[Artorius Horus T]

How many years away from the NHL do you guys think he is?

Goalies are notoriously slow to crack the big leagues, but his WHL numbers are unreal...

WHL Goalie Stats

The most amazing of all is this: his WHL career point per game avg is 1.32 (224/340 points)

 

[Tripod]

Goalie of the week in the WHL again.

He has won 5 of the last 9 GOTW awards.....the 4 weeks he didn't, 3 of them was when he was at the WJC winning gold.



Silvertips’ Hart named WHL Goaltender of the Week – WHL Network

 

[GeeoffBrown]

The Flyers have had goalie problems for as long as I can remember. I hope this guy pans out for them.

 

[FlyTimmo]

How many years away from the NHL do you guys think he is?

Goalies are notoriously slow to crack the big leagues, but his WHL numbers are unreal...

WHL Goalie Stats

He will most likely spend one full year in the AHL and if he is ready he will be up a year after.

 

[whitstifier]

The Flyers have had goalie problems for as long as I can remember. I hope this guy pans out for them.

They have some of the best depth at the position: Hart, Sandstrom, Ustimenko, Stolarz, Lyon, etc. As unpredictable as goalies are, you'd think at least 1 pans out. Goaltending is pretty deep around the NHL right now anyway. Hart panning out is more of a luxury than a need in my mind

 

[EdmFlyersfan]

They have some of the best depth at the position: Hart, Sandstrom, Ustimenko, Stolarz, Lyon, etc. As unpredictable as goalies are, you'd think at least 1 pans out. Goaltending is pretty deep around the NHL right now anyway. Hart panning out is more of a luxury than a need in my mind

A luxury?

Not for the Flyers; they have Elliot and Neuvirth in goal...they are not the solution.

 

[Stive Morgan]

The fact that it's almost February and he has twice as many shutouts as he does losses is absolutely insane.

 

[ginner classic]

They have some of the best depth at the position: Hart, Sandstrom, Ustimenko, Stolarz, Lyon, etc. As unpredictable as goalies are, you'd think at least 1 pans out. Goaltending is pretty deep around the NHL right now anyway. Hart panning out is more of a luxury than a need in my mind

I strongly disagree that goaltending is deep around the NHL. that may have been true seven years ago, but not now. Many teams are lacking legit backups. Many team lacking decent callups. Some teams lacking legit starters. There are very few top tier goalie prospects aroumd. Hart is the best or second best of those right now.

 

[Gigantor The Goalie]

Carter Hart is on another level compared to the entire CHL. There is only one goalie in the entire CHL who has a Goals Saved Above Average of +40 and that's Hart who has only played 21 games. There are two goalies in the CHL who have a GSAA of +30 in Samuel Harvey and Justin Fazio. Both of them have played +10 more games than Hart yet still aren't close. Hart is posting a 2.019 GSAA/60 which is the highest by a mile in the CHL this year as there's only one goalie with a +1.000 GSAA/60 and that's Harvey at 1.038.

The consistency of Hart is once again on another level. Hart currently has a 0.900 Quality Starts % which is not matched and only challenge by Samuel Harvey's 0.879 and Etienne Montepetit's 0.875. Obviously though Hart's consistency has been a very high end form as here are his starts on the season (excuse the formatting):

0.921
0.958
0.951
0.870
1.000
1.000
0.939
0.960
1.000
0.971
0.917
0.970
1.000
0.966
1.000
0.977
0.939
0.889
1.000
0.958

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Hart has yet to have a start that is under replacement level. He's never been in a situation where he's had a bad game he needs to bounce back from (statistically). My expectations for Hart are to have a season relative to the one that Thatcher Demko had last season. A month in the ECHL might be helpful but Hart is so good that he could go straight to the AHL and start adjusting there immediately.

 

[whitstifier]

I strongly disagree that goaltending is deep around the NHL. that may have been true seven years ago, but not now. Many teams are lacking legit backups. Many team lacking decent callups. Some teams lacking legit starters. There are very few top tier goalie prospects aroumd. Hart is the best or second best of those right now.

It's hard to predict the path of a goalie prospect to the NHL. I'm sure that there are several candidates that hardly anyone knows about. A lot of average to above average goalies come from nowhere

If a team has a need at goalie, they can address it easily via trade or free agency. Solid NHL goalies are more freely available than solid NHL skaters.

 

[ginner classic]

It's hard to predict the path of a goalie prospect to the NHL. I'm sure that there are several candidates that hardly anyone knows about. A lot of average to above average goalies come from nowhere

If a team has a need at goalie, they can address it easily via trade or free agency. Solid NHL goalies are more freely available than solid NHL skaters.

I don't mean to be snarky but show your work. You make a bunch of broad sweeping statements here that you don't back with any facts. Let me help you out with a few off the top of my head:

Your own team lacks a credible starter and can't 'easily' trade for one.
Edmonton lacks a backup
Arizona lacks a backup and it ruined their year right away.
NYI lacks a starter and can't 'easily' trade for one.
Carolina lacks a credible starter and it almost destroyed their entire season
Chicago can't weather the injury to their starter.
Vancouver lacks a credible starter amd can't easily trade for one
Florida has no goalie of the future
Boston has no goalie of the future
Minnesota has no goalie of the future

 

[ginner classic]

Carter Hart is on another level compared to the entire CHL. There is only one goalie in the entire CHL who has a Goals Saved Above Average of +40 and that's Hart who has only played 21 games. There are two goalies in the CHL who have a GSAA of +30 in Samuel Harvey and Justin Fazio. Both of them have played +10 more games than Hart yet still aren't close. Hart is posting a 2.019 GSAA/60 which is the highest by a mile in the CHL this year as there's only one goalie with a +1.000 GSAA/60 and that's Harvey at 1.038.

The consistency of Hart is once again on another level. Hart currently has a 0.900 Quality Starts % which is not matched and only challenge by Samuel Harvey's 0.879 and Etienne Montepetit's 0.875. Obviously though Hart's consistency has been a very high end form as here are his starts on the season (excuse the formatting):

0.921
0.958
0.951
0.870
1.000
1.000
0.939
0.960
1.000
0.971
0.917
0.970
1.000
0.966
1.000
0.977
0.939
0.889
1.000
0.958

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Hart has yet to have a start that is under replacement level. He's never been in a situation where he's had a bad game he needs to bounce back from (statistically). My expectations for Hart are to have a season relative to the one that Thatcher Demko had last season. A month in the ECHL might be helpful but Hart is so good that he could go straight to the AHL and start adjusting there immediately.

Why would Hart need to go to the ECHL He has nothing to learn there.