Biggest Drop Off From Starter to Back Up in the League?

[The Macho King]

If I recall, CBJ has a fairly solid back up to Bob. Linden looks promising in Montreal. Kuemper is adequate in LA.

Then we have Budaj behind Vasi. Coming into this game he had an .867 save percentage and a 3.75 GAA (compare to .932 and 2.21 for Vasi). He has given up 2 goals on 7 shots tonight (each a muffin).

Worst back up in the league?

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[JetsUK]

I want to say Pavs -- but his career has been one long, gentle drop-off from very modest beginnings.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

vasi and budaj definitely a contender, as is bob to korpisalo (just by virtue of bob being so good)



better question would be smallest gap. I'm thinking rask/khudobin, luongo/reamer and Elliott/neuvirth being up there for that one.

 

[Frosty415]

Maybe not a Starter but back before 2012 I remember Bernier getting an insane amount of hype by some people, apparently he had a potential to be better than Quick.

Unfortunately that never happened.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Bishop's been decent, but not exactly worlds better than Lehtonen.

 

[GodEmperor]

Wow I can't believe Budaj is still in the league.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Wow I can't believe Budaj is still in the league.

he was fantastic last year in LA

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Andrew Hammond comes to mind.

 

[JPeeper]

Before Lack finally got sent down, it was him. Wasn't even close either, he was awful.

 

[thewall]

Price to Montoya.. and now NIEMI.... stats, in positioning, technical aspect of the position... but once again Price is a top goalie.

 

[tom leafers]

I was going to say Niemi. he seemed like an alright tender then all of the sudden this year he was hot garbage. To be honest though i do not watch him a ton. it could have been a more gentle decline that turned into a complete dumpster fire.

 

[Dr Pepper]

I was going to say Niemi. he seemed like an alright tender then all of the sudden this year he was hot garbage. To be honest though i do not watch him a ton. it could have been a more gentle decline that turned into a complete dumpster fire.

Do yourself a favour and review his stats from last season with Dallas.

You won't find a single Stars fan surprised by this year's results.

 

[joe dirte]

Jonathan Bernier? for years it was thought he was a starter stuck behind quick. turns out he was never a great starter and will spend the rest of his career likely as backup.

 

[DearDiary]

Murray-Niemi now Price-Niemi

 

[izzy]

Wow I can't believe Budaj is still in the league.

he was a starting goalie (and a solid one at that) last season, howd you miss that

 

[Tkachuk Norris]

Talbot and Brossoit for me

 

[Hennessy]

Jonathan Bernier? for years it was thought he was a starter stuck behind quick. turns out he was never a great starter and will spend the rest of his career likely as backup.

The question is which duo has the biggest gap between them. So it's not Bernier. Varlamov is barely above him this season.

 

[sandysan]

Wow I can't believe Budaj is still in the league.

he's a GREAT backup if you only expect him to only spell the 1A, if your 1A gets injured and you have to ride budaj for a long time, it can get tricky.

I can say without reservation, that I would take budaj over niemi as price's backup every day of the week. I never liked the way we jettisoned him to begin with. he's a stand up guy who knows his role and is more than a gamer if you want to temporarily exapand the role.

 

[SI90]

Halak to Greiss and Greiss to Halak

 

[Mikeshane]

I haven't seen a team help their goalie out like LA did last year with Budaj in a long time, their willingness to form a protective wall between the puck and Budaj was remarkable. Budaj had that Kings team to thank for resurrecting his career.

 

[1specter]

Everyone is answering the OP incorrectly lol. In fairness, the title made things very confusing. Should be "which starter and backup have the biggest talent gap between each other" or something along those lines.

 

[ManofSteel55]

Talbot and Brossoit for me

Yep. Brossoit isn't ready. Needs to cook in the minors for longer, or be cut loose.

 

[Marom1981]

Everyone is answering the OP incorrectly lol. In fairness, the title made things very confusing. Should be "which starter and backup have the biggest talent gap between each other" or something along those lines.

yep, you're completely right about that. or at least the title made the things very confusing for me too. lol

 

[Beville]

Halak...

He has AHL stats.

 

[zar]

Talbot and Brossoit for me

Came here to post this... Talbot has not been good this year but every time LB goes in net I just hold my breath... then he makes a couple great stops... then he lets in the softest goals. I mean if Kris Russel can score on you...