Who were the best , European (not include Russia), Goaltenders in the NHL ?

[jt91ko21]

I have a list of Top 5 Goaltenders who not come from North America or Russia.

1.Dominik Hasek , he was the best when he was active and one of the best Ever for sure, but he is lead that list mostly because of his SC wins.

2."The King" Henrik Lundqvist, oh man give him a cup. Olympic Gold Medal. Legend.

3.Olaf Koelzig , sorry for him that he never win the cup Ovechkin was to late on the same team, he would derserve that. 1 x Vezina Trophy.

4.Mikka Kiprusoff, Falmes Legend, a lot of good games but sometimes he played without a defens in front of him.

5.Pekka Rinne, 2 Times World Cup MVP , so close on the cup with a 93% save percentage in the Po's 16/17.

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[Cotton]

Arturs Irbe
Pelle Lindbergh

 

[MaxV]

I don't get why Russians need to be excluded, this isn't a position that they are the best in Europe historically (maybe now).

Bob is the only contender for the top 5 among those that played in NHL.

 

[Zenos]

Going by country:

Sweden: Lundqvist, Lindbergh, Salo
Finland: Rinne, Rask, Kiprusoff, Bäckström
Czech Rep.: Hasek, Vokoun, Cechmanek, Turek
Russia: Bobrovsky, Vasilevsky, Bryzgalov, Nabokov, Khabibulin
other: Kölzig*, Irbe, Hiller, Huet

Who am I missing?

 

[MaxV]

Going by country:

Sweden: Lundqvist, Lindbergh, Salo
Finland: Rinne, Rask, Kiprusoff, Bäckström
Czech Rep.: Hasek, Vokoun, Cechmanek, Turek
Russia: Bobrovsky, Vasilevsky, Bryzgalov, Nabokov, Khabibulin
other: Kölzig*, Irbe, Hiller, Huet

Who am I missing?

Too early for Vasy, Varly had an elite peak.

 

[agent082]

Who am I missing?

Kari Lehtonen

 

[Eisen]

I have a list of Top 5 Goaltenders who not come from North America or Russia.

1.Dominik Hasek , he was the best when he was active and one of the best Ever for sure, but he is lead that list mostly because of his SC wins.

2."The King" Henrik Lundqvist, oh man give him a cup. Olympic Gold Medal. Legend.

3.Olaf Koelzig , sorry for him that he never win the cup Ovechkin was to late on the same team, he would derserve that. 1 x Vezina Trophy.

4.Mikka Kiprusoff, Falmes Legend, a lot of good games but sometimes he played without a defens in front of him.

5.Pekka Rinne, 2 Times World Cup MVP , so close on the cup with a 93% save percentage in the Po's 16/17.

You put Hasek on top mostly because of his SC wins? I don't see it. He has one cup where he was the starter. I have him on top as well but not because of that.

 

[Cotton]

Going by country:

Sweden: Lundqvist, Lindbergh, Salo
Finland: Rinne, Rask, Kiprusoff, Bäckström
Czech Rep.: Hasek, Vokoun, Cechmanek, Turek
Russia: Bobrovsky, Vasilevsky, Bryzgalov, Nabokov, Khabibulin
other: Kölzig*, Irbe, Hiller, Huet

Who am I missing?

The legend, Tommy Soderstrom.

 

[stempniaksen]

Going by country:

Sweden: Lundqvist, Lindbergh, Salo
Finland: Rinne, Rask, Kiprusoff, Bäckström
Czech Rep.: Hasek, Vokoun, Cechmanek, Turek
Russia: Bobrovsky, Vasilevsky, Bryzgalov, Nabokov, Khabibulin
other: Kölzig*, Irbe, Hiller, Huet

Who am I missing?

Tretiak

 

[57special]

Kolzig was brought up in Canada.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

You put Hasek on top mostly because of his SC wins? I don't see it. He has one cup where he was the starter. I have him on top as well but not because of that.

even if you take away the Cups, Hasek is still leaps and bounds ahead of anyone not named Roy

 

[ShonSaunders]

Tretiak

Never in the NHL

 

[Zenos]

Kari Lehtonen

Good catch!

And to the other posters: This is obviously an NHL only list, hence no Tretiak. And the asterisk next to Kölzig, is as you might have guessed, because he wasn't a product of any european hockey system; grew up across Canada and played junior in the dub.

 

[Healthy DiPietro]

Lindbergh must be the only NHL star who died in his prime. I suspect if he had lived to compete for more Vezinas Sweden would have produced more goalies.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Going by country:

Sweden: Lundqvist, Lindbergh, Salo
Finland: Rinne, Rask, Kiprusoff, Bäckström
Czech Rep.: Hasek, Vokoun, Cechmanek, Turek
Russia: Bobrovsky, Vasilevsky, Bryzgalov, Nabokov, Khabibulin
other: Kölzig*, Irbe, Hiller, Huet

Who am I missing?

Totally forgot about that dude lol

 

[stepdad gaary]

Going by country:

Sweden: Lundqvist, Lindbergh, Salo
Finland: Rinne, Rask, Kiprusoff, Bäckström
Czech Rep.: Hasek, Vokoun, Cechmanek, Turek
Russia: Bobrovsky, Vasilevsky, Bryzgalov, Nabokov, Khabibulin
other: Kölzig*, Irbe, Hiller, Huet

Who am I missing?

Cechmanek is probably the worst goalie of all time

 

[Eisen]

even if you take away the Cups, Hasek is still leaps and bounds ahead of anyone not named Roy

I agree with that. I just think it's strange to say it's because of the Cups. I think it's because of his Vezinas, Pearsons, Harts and all stars selections.

 

[Eisen]

Never in the NHL

And is Russian as well, which was excluded.

 

[Zenos]

Cechmanek is probably the worst goalie of all time

He certainly crashed and burned, but the guy had a high peak. Finished twice in the top-ten for vezina voting (including a 2nd place finish!). So he makes the list.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Kolzig was brought up in Canada.

Yep. I used to shop at his parent's store in Union Bay. When he went to the finals their store was absolutely covered in Olie the Goalie posters and stuff that his family and the local community made.

 

[stepdad gaary]

He certainly crashed and burned, but the guy had a high peak. Finished twice in the top-ten for vezina voting (including a 2nd place finish!). So he makes the list.

you're definitely right. My opinion on Cechmanek was formed around the ripe age of about 11. Not saying it was formed correctly. I never looked up his stats before but yeah he had 2 pretty good seasons.

 

[57special]

Yep. I used to shop at his parent's store in Union Bay. When he went to the finals their store was absolutely covered in Olie the Goalie posters and stuff that his family and the local community made.

Good Oysters there.

 

[Chairman Maouth]

Good Oysters there.

Absolutely fantastic oysters there. Fanny Bay, that whole area.

There's a great little seafood store around the back of the gas station at Buckley Bay and beside the ferry entrance. Great seafood in there.

 

[Chimpradamus]

Lindbergh must be the only NHL star who died in his prime. I suspect if he had lived to compete for more Vezinas Sweden would have produced more goalies.

Also the goalie to introduce goalies bringing a water bottle to the net. He did alot in his short career and life.

 

[MattySnipes]

My list in no particular order:

Hasek
Lundqvist
Kiprusoff
Irbe
Bäckström
Salo
Rinne
Rask
Turek
Lehtonen
Vokoun