Coyotes All Time Roster - Goalie Tandem (VOTE 2)
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It's hard to vote for Smith because of his often shitty attitude but it's harder to ignore his performance in the playoffs.
WrinkledPossum
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I think Smith is the best goalie in the teams history. I know many dislike him but he was the MVP of our best season. His 916 SV% is good and he holds the record for most GP as a goalie. He kept a pretty high SV% considering how awful the team in front of him was even in his last few seasons
I included Kuemper in the vote but he doesn't have the GP for me to take him seriously as one of the choices. If he puts up another season, yeah.
I harbor more ill will (still) over Khabibulin's holdout than I do Schmiddy's death stares and crappy couple seasons toward the end.
I harbor more ill will (still) over Khabibulin's holdout than I do Schmiddy's death stares and crappy couple seasons toward the end.
Kuemper just needs a larger sample size. Another season, I agree, particularly at his current level should put him there.
Posted back in 2017. I think Bryzgalov is the most underrated in the group. His W-L record is outstanding.
TheLegend
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I was hoping to see Alex Auld and David Aebischer. 
(woof..... I remember that was actually our tandem once)
Bryz was a workhorse..... averaging ~65 starts (and never got hurt.... except in the head.)
Smitty..... man.... he carried the team on a lot of nights BUT........
I never got to see Khabibulin play since it was before I moved to Phoenix but you look at his stats and he's the top dog.
And of course, Sean Burke.
(woof..... I remember that was actually our tandem once)
Bryz was a workhorse..... averaging ~65 starts (and never got hurt.... except in the head.)
Smitty..... man.... he carried the team on a lot of nights BUT........
I never got to see Khabibulin play since it was before I moved to Phoenix but you look at his stats and he's the top dog.
And of course, Sean Burke.
How did you get 0.916 for Khabibulin? Even including Winnipeg it shouldnt be this number? It's roughly around .910 for Coyotes and lower if you include Winnipeg.
87turbobuick
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Boucher and his 5 game shut out streak is one of the few good memories about our goalie play.
He was better than he gets remembered for, and even managed to put up good numbers on Gretzky teams. Still a playoff choke artist though.
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TheLegend
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Found this last night...... if you want all the stats from every Coyotes goalie on one page to compare.
(they even included Tom Fenton)
PHOENIX COYOTES / ARIZONA COYOTES GOALTENDING HISTORY: YEAR-BY-YEAR
(they even included Tom Fenton)
PHOENIX COYOTES / ARIZONA COYOTES GOALTENDING HISTORY: YEAR-BY-YEAR
Youve rigged this poll! Fake stats for Khabby and omitting Bryzgalov's franchise records.
I'm filing in the morning..
RABBIT
Years of my life w you f*cks only to get relocated
One of my favorite Coyotes ever. Great goaltender historically, but his stint in AZ probably wouldn’t justify a vote for best AZ goalie of all time.
RABBIT
Years of my life w you f*cks only to get relocated
Admittedly, I voted Kuemper due to his stats in AZ. Top 5-Top 10 goalie during his last 2 years. Small sample size, but his numbers may be among the best if not the best once he’s done in AZ.
Most of the good feelings surrounding CuJo I find are related to:
1. He had a really good first couple months and helped make the team look respectable out of the lockout.
2. Pang's CuJo boosterism
I have some good sentiments around #1, it was a decent time to be a Coyotes fan for about a minute after the stupid lockout was over.
But he was mostly bad to outright awful after those first two months.
Jormungandr
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Our goaltending has never really been a weakness since we arrived in Arizona in 96. In fact, I’d say we’ve been blessed with above average goaltending throughout our existence. (I don’t count Winnipeg)
We have gone from Khabibulin, to Burke, to Joseph(weakest starter but still passable), to Bryzgalov, to Smith, to Raanta, to Kuemper, without much awfulness in-between. Even the aforementioned Aebischer/Auld tandem(which was actually an Aebischer/Auld/Tellqvist 3-way in which Aebischer left a few weeks into season after only playing 1 game) season was saved by claiming Bryzgalov off waivers.
I can't get over how horrible he was in the playoffs. Considering what the 2012 team did, I can't help but wonder what the two years before that could've been like if Bryz had been able to stop a beach ball in the playoffs.
ck26
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Easily Smith, but a tossups between Khabibulin (who feels most iconic), Kuemper (probably the most objectively talented) and Burke (whose legacy is buoyed by his AGM time). I voted Khabibulin, but anyone except the space cadet works fine.
Those giving Smith grief over his last couple seasons, please remember that was the era when Kyle Chipchura dressed as 1C in a couple GDTs.
Those giving Smith grief over his last couple seasons, please remember that was the era when Kyle Chipchura dressed as 1C in a couple GDTs.
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I'm giving Smith grief over his whole career, personally. The stars (hah!) aligned for him and the Coyotes for one brilliant season, and then he went back to being his normal self.
Bryzgalov did more with less than Smith did, IMO.
$2mil Smith was so much better than the other Smith! Could it be he had too much pizza with extra olive oil after the new contract?
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