ftyutin51 said:NYR:
-Al Montoya
-Henrik Lundqvist
-Chris Holt
-Steven Valiquette (sp?)
-Johan Asplund (don't know anything about him, only know he's in Rangers)
*Dan Blackburn -- could've been a great goalie, sad that a freak accident will probably cause him to retire at such a young age.
Archijerej said:With Lehtonen and Pavelec Atlanta deserves some love, no?
GaryU said:OK, I'll bring up Chicago, who's very happy to have....
Leighton
Anderson
Crawford
Brodeur
Munro
GuiG said:1. Atlanta: Kari Lethonen, Ondrej Pavelec, Michael Garnett
2. NY Rangers: Henrick Lundqvist, Al Montoya
3. Montreal: Carey Price, Yann Danis, Jaroslav Halak, Chris Heino-Lindberg
4. Carolina: Cam Ward, Justin Peters, Kevin Natsiuk, Magnus Akerlund
5. Vancouver: Cory Schneider, Alexandre Vincent, Julien Ellis-Plante
6. Pittsburgh: Marc-Andre Fleury, Andy Chiodo
7. Boston: Hannu Toivonen, Jordan Sigalet
8. Edmonton: Devan Dubnyk, Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers
9. St. Louis: Marek Schwarz, Jason Bacashihua, Ben Bishop
10. Chicago: Corey Crawford, Adam Munro, Mike Brodeur
VanIslander said:What? I never watch Nashville, but indicated them.
I'm a huge Canucks fan, but I think our goaltending depth stinks as usual. Even our is awful. Auld is the only one I have any faith in, and even then... little.
This is HFBoards... many of us are hockey fans first, homers second.
No need to undermine our judgements.
acr said:Boston has to be at least top three
Raycroft
Toivonen
Sigalet
Brown
Kaltiainen
Regan
Thomas
Atlanta has the best top end goaltending prospects by far....Pavalec alone will be a great starter some bay....add in Lehtonen....who IMO is a better prospect then Luongo at the same age and you have a serious 1/2 combo for a few years.nneate said:New York Rangers gets my 1st vote
Runners up IMO are: Ottawa,Montreal,Vancouver
Following them: Carolina,Atlanta
Jason MacIsaac said:Atlanta has the best top end goaltending prospects by far....Pavalec alone will be a great starter some bay....add in Lehtonen....who IMO is a better prospect then Luongo at the same age and you have a serious 1/2 combo for a few years.
I don't mind the Sharks goaltending to be honest, I wouldn't be suprised if some of those cats turned out to be NHLers, San Jose is the best team in the league at picking overlooked goalies late and developing them properly, I hope Calgary can do the same with Spratt, Keetley and Lalande.superroyain10 said:New York and Montreal are two that jump to mind
For a team that usually drafts pretty well, Anaheim as terrible depth in goal.
San Jose's goalie prospects are probably in the bottom tier of the league.
Dimitri Pätzold
Nolan Schaefer
Thomas Greiss
Patrick Ehelechner
Jason Churchill
Alex Stalock
Taylor Dakers
Brian Mahoney-Wilson
Derek MacIntyre
While the Sharks could quite possibly develop some of them into elite goaltenders like Nabakov and Kipprusoff, they don't have a Price or a Monotya; a goalie prospect that clearly has a very high upside. IMO, Greiss is the only prospect with a chance as a starter. Patzold, Dakers, Stalock, and Ehelechner both project to be excellent backups, but with the surfeit of quality goaltenders in the NHL, most, if not all of them will probably never play regularly in the NHL.
If Warren Strelow can get back on his feet, or if his Wayne Thomas can take his role as Sharks goaltending coach, I wouldn't be surprised to see these goalies' stocks rise quite a bit.