bossy22's Ultimate Goaltender Prospects Thread

[bossy22]

The goal is to comprise a list of the top 25 goaltending prospects by first compiling as many of the top prospects in NHL, AHL, ECHL, OHL, NCAA, European leagues and elsewhere and then poll the lists so HF posters can determine the overall top 25.

Prospect criteria for this list: Age limit - 26 or younger & NHL Experience - 45 or less NHL games played prior to the start of the 2006/07 NHL season.

Please keep the posts on topic and don't make it a Rask vs. Pogge vs. Price debate.

thanks

bossy22

Here are the lists of goalies from each league based on my original lists and the additional names provided from posters in this thread.


NHL
K. Lehtonen
C. Ward
H. Toivonen
I. Bryzgalov
P. Leclaire
R. Emery
P. Budaj
D. LeNeveu
J. MacDonald
M. Smith
D. Sabourin


AHL
M. Schwarz
A. Montoya
J. Howard
J. Harding
J. LaBarbera
J. Pogge
C. Crawford
T. Greiss
R. Beauchemin
A. Dennis
P. Rinne
J. Glass
P. Sauve
S. Liv
J. Peters
Y. Danis
F. Doyle
B. Krahn
K. Ramo
T. Popperle
J. Deslauriers
T. Stephan
D. Patzold
G. Coleman
J. Halak
D. Ellis
B. Finley
C. McElhinney
J. Bacashihua
M. Garnett
M. Leighton
N. Schaeffer


ECHL
D. Shantz
D. Dubnyk
K. Nastiuk
C. Holt
D. Lacosta
C. Desjardins
J. Ellis
Y. Fukufuji
D. Turple
A. Berkoel
R. Munce


CHL

QMJHL
J. Bernier
O. Pavelec
A. Vincent
P.O. Pelletier
J.P. Levasseur
J. Duchesne
L. Lacasse

OHL
T. McCollum
J. Smith
J. Murray
A. Perugini
R. Daniels
K. Lalande
S. Mason
M. Neuvirth
T. Cann
B. Pitton

WHL
C. Price
L. Irving
T. Dakers
D. Slade
T. Sexsmith
T. Plante
J. Riemer
D. Spence
K. Mucha
K. Westblom


USHL
A. Kangas
R. Backman
M. Dalton
J. Kuhn
R. Rondeau


NCAA
C. Schneider
J. Frazee
J. Zatkoff
B. Elliot
B. Sauer
J. Palmer
B. Bishop
A. Stalock
J. Quick
J. Fallon
D. Brown
B. Goepfert


Europe

Czech Republic
A. Salak
L. Cikanek

Finland
T. Rask
R. Helenius
N. Hovinen
E. Kilpeläinen
A. Harma
M. Wiikman

Germany
P. Ehelechner

Russia
S. Varlamov
V. Koshechkin
K. Barulin
A. Eremenko
A. Khudobin
G. Gelashvili
I. Kasutin

Slovakia
M. Valent
B. Konrad

Sweden
J. Enroth
C. Heino-Lindberg
J. Gistedt
S. Ridderwall

Switzerland
R. Berra


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[SpItFiReZ]

Michal Neuvirth in OHL
Jeff Zatkoff in NCAA
Brian Elliot in NCAA
Thomas Greiss in AHL
Taylor Dakers in WHL
Brent Krahn in AHL
Trevor Cann in OHL
Kurtis Mucha in WHL
Billy Sauer in NCAA
Jeff Frazee in NCAA
Joe Palmer in NCAA
Corey Crawford in AHL
Julian Ellis in QMJHL

 

[Thirty One]

Chris "The Fort" Holt Extremely Cool Hockey League (ECHL)

 

[Butchered]

RSL included?

If so, Vasily Koshechkin needs to be on that list.

Ramo in with the AHL as well.

 

[VanW27]

pretty good lists, the only major move i would make is on the AHL list, i would move Shwarz down maybe 6 places and Harding up to the top and there are some other guys to add to the NCAA list like Elliot.

 

[heygarebear]

what about Ben Bishop for Maine? how close is he to making that list?

 

[Plato]

Chris "The Fort" Holt Extremely Cool Hockey League (ECHL)

 

[SpItFiReZ]

Ben Bishop in NCAA
Tomas Proppele in AHL
Pekka Rinne in AHL
Dan Lacosta in AHL or ECHL
JDD in ECHL
Bryan Pitton in OHL
Kris Westblom in WHL
James Riemer in WHL
Tobias Stephan in AHL
Dimitri Patzold in AHL
Alex Stalock in NCAA or USHL
Gerald Coleman in AHL
Jeff Glass in AHL

 

[Slitty]

Vasily Koshechkin
Konstantin Barulin
Alexander Eremenko
Anton Khudobin
Georgi Gelashvili


to keep Varlamov company.

 

[Abyss]

Brian Finley?

 

[haelwho]

Jon Quick in the NCAA
Tomas Popperle in the AHL
Jeff Deslauriers in the AHL
Jhonas Enroth of the Swedish 2nd League
Niko Hovinen of the FNL

 

[PuckheadMcGillycuddy]

It's pretty bad when the first name on your "ultimate" goaltending prospects list is spelled incorrectly.

 

[bossy22]

It's pretty bad when the first name on your "ultimate" goaltending prospects list is spelled incorrectly.

Thanks for the note on the typo. It's been updated.

N.B. My apoligies to all if I make the odd typo. Its certainly not intended to devalue a prospect.

 

[Phenomenon]

Eero Kilpeläinen of the Finnish league?

 

[1datsyuk3*]

I can't wait till Howard joins the wings as their #1

 

[12# Peter Bondra]

Brian Finley?

He has sucked lately. If he was any good, NSH wouldnt let him walk as a UFA.

 

[Ban Hammered]

Bobby Goepfert-NCAA

 

[Squeaky]

He doesn't belong in the final top 25, but Jaroslav Halak could be added to the AHL list.

 

[Vyse64]

JDD in ECHL

JDD is in the AHL with the baby Pens

 

[bossy22]

Keep 'em coming

Pls keep the additions coming and I'll add them to the lists on the 1st post. I'll start the polls soon.

 

[Bryzga lol*]

i think Cedrick Desjardin should be considered for the ECHL list. Memorial cup winner, and he was a player of the week in october as a rookie.

 

[HFNHL Canadiens]

Curtis McElliney*sp, Tobias Stephan, Jaroslav Halak all for AHL.

Also If you have Trevor Cann on that list, you have to have the best performing goalie in the OHL right now in Thomas McCollum.

 

[Bryzga lol*]

AHL
M. Schwarz
A. Montoya
J. Howard
J. Harding
J. LaBarbera
J. Pogge
C. Crawford
T. Greiss
R. Beauchemin
A. Dennis
P. Rinne
J. Glass
P. Sauve
S. Liv
J. Peters
Y. Danis
F. Doyle
B. Krahn
K. Ramo
.

Is Schwarz really doing that well? If so, it's great to see him bounce back.

 

[bossy22]

Is Schwarz really doing that well? If so, it's great to see him bounce back.

Its just a list of names and not a ranking. Per 1st post, ranking will be done via polls.

 

[Abyss]

He has sucked lately. If he was any good, NSH wouldnt let him walk as a UFA.

I know, but he wanted goalie prospects...and Finley is still only 25

Plus he's a Bruin, so had to name him