For sure. Players are just naming guys who they think sounds like the right answer, without giving much proper thought to it. Price has earned his fine rep, but his playoff record is only slightly above average and completely unproven at the deep end when it really counts. Fleury, decent, played a part in bringing 2 different teams to SCFs in back-to-back years, but even his own team dropped him for Murray once Matt was fit for the Pens in 2017. Vasilevskiy gets so much hype and the guy can play, no doubt, but he was awful against Columbus last year. The postseason before that he was good, but he's still got a lot to prove to demonstrate he's a genuinely elite playoff goalie. Even Binnington being that high up is premature and again suggests just throwing up a name that seems right.
I agree, so many not naming Holtby is odd, and how Ben Bishop gets so little recognition after putting together an excellent regular season record and 3 massive playoff runs is baffling - maybe a record of injuries at the worst possible times counted against him?
