Most impressive Conn Smythe win (Goalies - post 2000)

[chklin]

Which Goalie had the most impressive Conn Smythe run?

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[amnesiac]

Thomas
Giguere
Ward
Quick
Vasi
Roy

 

[jigglysquishy]

Giguere for 3 rounds was probably the most impressive, though I'll say it was Michelin man goalie equipment at its worst.

Thomas 2011 was a rock and my vote, but he benefited from an insane defensive core. Having peak Chara and Bergeron in front of you helps.

Quick 2012 is right there too.

 

[Bouboumaster]

It was tough to choose between J.-S. Giguère and Tim Thomas. Went with Thomas

 

[Ignite111]

Timmy T

 

[Xirik]

lol Giguere.

 

[pi314]

1a. Tim Thomas.
1b. JS Giguere

 

[JackSlater]

Giguere, then Quick, then not sure. Thomas' 2011 playoffs is always vastly overrated. In the games his very strong defensive team won they averaged 4.25 goals per game, plus they had 12 individual games where they scored at least 4 goals, and he had a series where he gave up 5 goals in four different games, which would typically mean death for any team outside of the 80s or early 90s. Boston just needed someone to not blow it 95% of the time.

 

[Boreal01]

Quick
Thomas

Giguere

Ward
Roy
Vasilevskiy

 

[JaegerDice]

Thomas followed closely by Giguere

 

[tabness]

Giguere, then Quick, then not sure. Thomas' 2011 playoffs is always vastly overrated. In the games his very strong defensive team won they averaged 4.25 goals per game, plus they had 12 individual games where they scored at least 4 goals, and he had a series where he gave up 5 goals in four different games, which would typically mean death for any team outside of the 80s or early 90s. Boston just needed someone to not blow it 95% of the time.

Boston didn't look very strong defensively against Tampa at all, at least as compared to Vancouver (didn't really watch much of the first two rounds of Boston), much the opposite, they traded chance after chance many games. Thomas seemed to bail his team out much more than giving up some bad goals because he couldn't really move laterally well like most NHL goalies. The one game the team shut it down was game seven, and well, Thomas didn't give up any goals, let alone a bad one.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Michelin man Giguere. Sensational run behind a mediocre team.

 

[JackSlater]

Boston didn't look very strong defensively against Tampa at all, at least as compared to Vancouver (didn't really watch much of the first two rounds of Boston), much the opposite, they traded chance after chance many games. Thomas seemed to bail his team out much more than giving up some bad goals because he couldn't really move laterally well like most NHL goalies. The one game the team shut it down was game seven, and well, Thomas didn't give up any goals, let alone a bad one.

Full credit for the 1-0 shutout. Thomas did have some good games, but he also had tremendous support. Giguere himself had I believe multiple 1-0 shutouts in the 2003 playoffs.

 

[Frolov 6'3]

Michelin man Giguere. Sensational run behind a mediocre team.

Second this.

Both Thomas & Quick had an incredible defense. Doughty deserved it a little more, actually.

 

[Voight]

Michelin man Giguere. Sensational run behind a mediocre team.

Without him that team is first round fodder.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Giguere 03...I think he's the last one to win it on the losing team.

Ducks before Nieds & Pronger.

 

[JaegerDice]

Giguere, then Quick, then not sure. Thomas' 2011 playoffs is always vastly overrated. In the games his very strong defensive team won they averaged 4.25 goals per game, plus they had 12 individual games where they scored at least 4 goals, and he had a series where he gave up 5 goals in four different games, which would typically mean death for any team outside of the 80s or early 90s. Boston just needed someone to not blow it 95% of the time.

You've got this hilariously backward. To put things in perspective, of the 248 teams that have appeared in the playoffs between 2008 and 2022:


In 2012, the Kings allowed a mere 26 SA/60 5v5 (27th), and a ludicrously low 1.82 xGA/60 5v5 (22nd) in the playoffs.

By comparison, The 2011 Bruins allowed 32.6 SA/60 5v5 (197th) and 2.13 xGA/60 5v5 (99th) in the playoffs.



The 2011 Bruins were a remarkably weak defensive team in 2011 playoffs, and relied on Thomas to bail them out far more than the Kings relied on Quick.

There's a reason that the dominant possession team with top tier defensive play and elite goaltending led every series 3-0 and only lost 4 games the whole way, while the mediocre possession team with relatively weak defense and elite goaltending required three seven game series to win. The latter was being carried by essentially one guy.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Voted Giguere by reflex. His 2003 was insanely dominant. There were games where it literally did not feel like he could be beaten.

Thomas had a great run, but he was up and down. His own worst enemy at times.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Giguere, then Quick, then not sure. Thomas' 2011 playoffs is always vastly overrated. In the games his very strong defensive team won they averaged 4.25 goals per game, plus they had 12 individual games where they scored at least 4 goals, and he had a series where he gave up 5 goals in four different games, which would typically mean death for any team outside of the 80s or early 90s. Boston just needed someone to not blow it 95% of the time.

The defense was odd as was the Claude system. Extremely effective defensively at times, but the number of incredible saves Thomas had to make and odd man rushes is difficult to downplay.

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Giguere for sure that year he was lights out. shutout after shutout after shutout. guy was a monster.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

How is this not a landslide for Giguere?

21 GP 1.62 GAA .945 SV%

The Ducks leading playoff scorer had 13 points and they still went to a game 7 in the finals. Giguere allowed one goal in the conference finals. All this with a very forgettable team. Insane performance.

 

[jigglysquishy]

How is this not a landslide for Giguere?

21 GP 1.62 GAA .945 SV%

The Ducks leading playoff scorer had 13 points and they still went to a game 7 in the finals. Giguere allowed one goal in the conference finals. All this with a very forgettable team. Insane performance.

The knock is that he didn't have a very good Cup Finals.

First 3 Rounds
Giguere: 14 GP 12 W 1.22 GAA .962% 4 SO
Brodeur: 17 GP 12 W 1.62 GAA .937% 4 SO

Cup Finals
Giguere: 7 GP 3 W 2.53 GAA .910% 1 SO
Brodeur: 7 GP 4 W 1.73 GAA .925% 3 SO

Gigeuere looks insane the first three rounds, but was not the same goalie in the Finals.

Watching live, I thought Brodeur was going to win the Smythe the day they won the Cup. Not to take anything anyway from Giguere's first 3 rounds

 

[JaegerDice]

How is this not a landslide for Giguere?

21 GP 1.62 GAA .945 SV%

The Ducks leading playoff scorer had 13 points and they still went to a game 7 in the finals. Giguere allowed one goal in the conference finals. All this with a very forgettable team. Insane performance.

Cause they didn't win the cup and he was the second best goalie in the finals. If either of those is untrue, I cant imagine he doesn't run away with this.

 

[Lt Dan]

I am a Kings fan, but Quick was the best of these goalies for the respective years.

 

[JaegerDice]

I am a Kings fan, but Quick was the best of these goalies for the respective years.

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He was the best. The Conn Smythe is for most valuable. The 2012 Kings were a possession machine, a lineup of terminators that assaulted the opposition with shots and barely let them have the puck long enough to make things interesting. They may not go 16-4 in repeated 3-0 lopsided series with league average goaltending, but they still win with league average goaltending. Cant say the same for most of the other teams on this list.

The Kings could have swapped goalies with their opponent every round and still won. It just would have been closer.