Rank Every Flames Goalie Since 2010

[Wayne Primeau]

Do not ask me why. It's a secret.

Just kidding - I am working on something, and I want to see how my opinions compare to yours.

Rank these goalies:

Miikka Kiprusoff
Curtis McElhinney
Vesa Toskala
Henrik Karlsson
Leland Irving
Joey MacDonald
Reto Berra
Danny Taylor
Karri Ramo
Jonas Hiller
Joni Ortio

(By the way - that is ELEVEN goaltenders that the Flames have had in the last five years. For comparison purposes, here is the list of goaltenders that the Flames had the five years before that: Kiprusoff, McElhinney, Curtis Joseph, Jamie McLennan, Brian Boucher, Matt Keetley (sort of), and Philippe Sauve. Six and a half.)

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[DCDM]

Ew why

Are you trying to make us all depressed

Kipper
Hiller
Ramo
Berra
MacDonald
Ortio
Karlsson
Toskala
McElhinney
Irving
Taylor


This is based on what they did with the Flames, NOT their NHL careers

 

[BigRangy]

in terms of total career or just the games they played for the flames since 2010?

 

[Johnny GODreau]

Miikka Kiprusoff
Karri Ramo
Jonas Hiller
Joey McDonald

Reto Berra
Curtis McElhinney
Joni Ortio
Leland Irving

Vesa Toskala
Henrik Karlsson
Danny Taylor

 

[Wayne Primeau]

in terms of total career or just the games they played for the flames since 2010?

The latter

 

[Yung Rotini]

Makarov

Kiprusoff
Hiller
Ramo
Berra
MacDonald
Ortio
McElhinney
Irving
Karlsson
Toskala
Taylor

 

[InfinityIggy]

My list is a little different, mine is based on who was better in practice:

Jonas Hiller
Joey MacDonald
Reto Berra
Leland Irving
Miikka Kiprusoff
Curtis McElhinney
Henrik Karlsson
Danny Taylor
Vesa Toskala
Karri Ramo
Joni Ortio

 

[pckstpr31]

Miikka Kiprusoff
Jonas Hiller
Karri Ramo
Curtis McElhinney
Joni Ortio
Reto Berra
Joey MacDonald
Leland Irving
Henrik Karlsson
Vesa Toskala
Danny Taylor

 

[Master Bill]

My list is a little different, mine is based on who was better in practice:

Jonas Hiller
Joey MacDonald
Reto Berra
Leland Irving
Miikka Kiprusoff
Curtis McElhinney
Henrik Karlsson
Danny Taylor
Vesa Toskala
Karri Ramo
Joni Ortio

I heard too that Ortio guy takes poops in practices all the time. What a bust

 

[DCDM]

My list is a little different, mine is based on who was better in practice:

Jonas Hiller
Joey MacDonald
Reto Berra
Leland Irving
Miikka Kiprusoff
Curtis McElhinney
Henrik Karlsson
Danny Taylor
Vesa Toskala
Karri Ramo
Joni Ortio

Incomplete. I don't see Brandon Bollig anywhere on this list.

 

[Skobel24]

1. Miikka Kiprusoff
2. Jonas Hiller
3. Karri Ramo
4. Reto Berra
5. Joey MacDonald
6. Vesa Toskala
7. Leland Irving
8. Joni Ortio
9. Curtis McElhinney
10. Henrik Karlsson
11. Danny Taylor

 

[FlamerForLife]

Kipper
Hiller
Ramo
Berra
MacDonald
Toskala
Karlsson
Ortio
McElhinny
Irving
Taylor

 

[Bouma Fett*]

Miikka Kiprusoff
Jonas Hiller
Karri Ramo
Curtis McElhinney
Joni Ortio
Reto Berra
Joey MacDonald
Leland Irving
Henrik Karlsson
Vesa Toskala
Danny Taylor

Swap Ortio and Joey Mac, and bump Karlsson to the bottom and you got my list.

 

[Lunatik]

Miikka Kiprusoff
Jonas Hiller
Karri Ramo
Curtis McElhinney
Joni Ortio
Reto Berra
Joey MacDonald
Leland Irving
Henrik Karlsson
Vesa Toskala
Danny Taylor

How is McElhinney #4? He was terrible for the Flames. And Toskala was actually pretty good outside one start.

My list would be

1. Kipper

2. Hiller
2. Ramo

4. Vesa Toskala

5. Reto Berra
5. Leland Irving
5. Joni Ortio
5. Joey MacDonald

9. Danny Taylor
10. Curtis McElhinney

 

[Ace Rimmer]

@classroom, forgot Karlsson

My list is similar, but I'd have Karlsson with Toskala and Taylor would be on the bottom.

Also, add Makarov

 

[Lunatik]

@classroom, forgot Karlsson

My list is similar, but I'd have Karlsson with Toskala and Taylor would be on the bottom.

Also, add Makarov

Why does everyone have Toskala on the bottom? I feel like it's based on his Leafs reputation and not how he actually played for us. He played 6 games, 3 were relief appearances. He only had 1 bad game and received a fairly quick hook.

Game 1: 27 saves in a 5-2 win
Game 2: 8 saves on 8 shots in relief (Kipper gave up 3 in the first period and was pulled)
Game 3: 32 saves in a 3-2 win
Game 4: gave up 3 goals in 9 shots and was pulled.
Game 5: 6 saves on 6 shots in relief (Kipper gave up 5 and was pulled about 6 minutes into the 3rd)
Game 6: 7 saves on 8 shots in relief (Kipper gave up 6 and was pulled about 4 minutes into the 3rd)
.
2-0-0 record, 2.26gaa and .918sv% with a crappy game in there. Outside of that poor game he had a .941sv%

The problem IMO is Brent SUtter is a terrible coach and stopped giving Toskala starts after 1 poor outing.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

Why does everyone have Toskala on the bottom?

No idea, I have him in the same area as you, just having Karlsson joining him.

 

[tmurfin]

Yah Vesa gets a bad wrap, I really wanted us the re-sign him

 

[SmellOfVictory]

Miikka Kiprusoff
Jonas Hiller
Karri Ramo
Henrik Karlsson
Curtis McElhinney
Vesa Toskala
Joey MacDonald
Joni Ortio
Danny Taylor
Leland Irving
Reto Berra

Roughly this. A lot of these guys were super unmemorable, and I think the bottom 5 are nearly interchangeable in terms of how well they played (obviously there's a difference between 34 year old Toskalol and 24 year old Ortio, but performance wasn't that dissimilar overall).

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Miikka Kiprusoff
Jonas Hiller
Karri Ramo
Joni Ortio*
Henrik Karlsson
Reto Berra
Vesa Toskala
Curtis McElhinney
Danny Taylor
Leland Irving
Joey MacDonald


* Ortio's been brutal this season, but he was solid in 2013-14 and 2014-15. I expect him to bounce back this year too.

 

[joeyabs]

Kipper
Hiller
MacDonald
Toskala
Ramo
McElhinney
Berra
Ortio
Karlsson
Irving
Taylor

 

[Lunatik]

No idea, I have him in the same area as you, just having Karlsson joining him.

I think the Karlsson part threw me off since Karlsson is in my bottom 3

 

[BigRangy]

So I looked at hockeydb and hockey reference because I barely remember some of these guys, and I decided to rank them by saves.

So, this is a ranking of Flames by saves since the start of the 2009-2010 season

1. Kiprusoff ~5000
2. Ramo ~2000
3. Hiller ~1400
4. Giordano 821
5. MacDonald ~740
6. Berra ~700
7. Karlsson ~570
8. Russell 555
9. Brodie 441
10. Bouwmeester 428
11. Butler 400


Behold, the top 11 goalies for the Flames.

 

[Ace Rimmer]

I think the Karlsson part threw me off since Karlsson is in my bottom 3

Let's be reality, after the top three we're talking about varying degrees of suck and disappointment anyway.

 

[Mobiandi]

Miikka Kiprusoff


Jonas Hiller


Karri Ramo

Vesa Toskala

Reto Berra
Joey MacDonald
Henrik Karlsson
Joni Ortio





Leland Irving
Danny Taylor
Curtis McElhinney