Who are the top 3 goaltenders in the NHL (choose 3 options)?
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BB88
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Rask keeps putting up elite numbers behing contending defense and the defense under rebuild.
In the playoffs, during regular season consistently and yet here we are
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Yeah, it's always a good idea to keep in mind how heavily false media narratives drive general hockey perceptions. The talking heads say something and stand by it no matter what actually happens and even though they don't like admitting most fans eat it up. And it's not like these so-called "experts" are above being challenged, they watch a game for a living and are wrong as often as they're right.
Price has a good week he's God. Rask has a good decade, he's inconsistent. I see where it comes from, watch Sportsnet for a night and they will stuff Price so far down your throat he's about to come out the other side, after a while it works on most.
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It’s absolutely bonkers. Goalies have one job; It’s not super-complicated to tell how good they are at it lol.
Pavel Buchnevich
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You're right. A one game playoff sample means the third goalie should be listed here instead of one of the better goalies in the league.
Shesterkin isn't close yet. He played 12 regular season games, and one playoff game that he lost. He has a lot more to prove before he is considered up there. Based on ability, he could be top-10 right now, but his sample is still too small.
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Shestyorkin has all the makings of the first truly elite netminder in a long time. His small sample size got me really excited and evokes feelings of nostalgia for past elite goalies.
But it’s still only 12 NHL games. So I can’t say anything more while keeping a straight face.
For now, it’s Hellebuyck and Vasilevskiy and then every one else. Rask is third, but firmly below them to me. Everyone else is too inconsistent/ doesn’t play enough/shares too much time/living off past glory/overrated as hell.
But it’s still only 12 NHL games. So I can’t say anything more while keeping a straight face.
For now, it’s Hellebuyck and Vasilevskiy and then every one else. Rask is third, but firmly below them to me. Everyone else is too inconsistent/ doesn’t play enough/shares too much time/living off past glory/overrated as hell.
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Let's Go Hawks!
Pavel Buchnevich
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There’s no initiation needed. You either are good enough or you’re not. If you want to give a tiebreaker to a player with a very good career already in the NHL, I won’t even disagree, but if someone produces worse, doesn’t look as good, and is less talented than an NHL rookie, the rookie might be better. Rookies absolutely need to be in consideration, if they’re good enough.
As I said, not top three yet, in my opinion, but to not even list him and instead list the Rangers third goalie makes no sense.
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Based on their recent games and how it's projecting, in my opinion Rask, Vasilevski and Korpisalo.
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Maybe you could get a hint from the players that actually lace up, play the game and have to shoot on these guys...........Guess who got 41.55% of the vote?
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If that's the case, you can argue Demko is better than him, because he displayed goaltending most goaltenders will never achieve in the NHL against the Knights [if sample size is irrelevant]. Merzlikins could be put in front of him as well for recently having a solid regular season.
If it's based on ability you still need to have Rask, Vasilevsky, Price, Gibson, Lehner, Hart, Markstrom, Bishop comfortably in front of him. Nothing he did in those 12 regular season games and one playoff loss has him in front of any of those goalies. Thats also assuming two time Vezina winner Bobrovsky does not bounce back. If two goalies look similar in ability, and one has played hundreds more games doing so, you always go with the goaltender who has experience.
Like I said, if his 12 games are valid, Demkos recent stint against the Knights should be considered, because on pure ability, it was some of the best goaltending I've ever seen.
If its based on what you've seen from Shesterkin you can argue he is currently a border line top-10 talent in goal. Even based on ability, you cannot realistically rank him top-3 or close to it, given the number of net minders who have the same or better ability over much larger samples.
If it was all about stats then why make a poll when we can just look up save% on hockeyref ?
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Shouldn’t he have to play more than 13 games before we declare him a top 3 goalie in the league?
Voight
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Shesty is not a top 3 goalie. Still, we would like our actual starting goalie in the poll next time please, thanks.
