Speculation: Who will be better next year, Kuemper or Grubauer?

[Vaslof]

Let's find out if HFAvs gets it right. This has been a controversial topic since the UFA opening day.

Bonus: Will Kuemper re-sign in Colorado?

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[Murzu]

Kuemper will be better.

If Kuemps stays relatively healthy the Avs will re-sign him. He finally has a chance to play for a great team, I'd imagine he'd want to stay.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Kuemper. He's gonna be behind a much better Defense then the one he had in Arizona and on the flip side Grubauer is gonna be behind a much worse one.



I think Gruby ends up in the ~.910 range while Kuemper ends up in the ~.925 range.



The better question is probably who will start more games.

 

[BaconNater]

Kuemper

Avs will become a hotspot destination for goalies 1 year away from UFA to inflate their #s and sign big tickets elsewhere

 

[TruePowerSlave]

If by better you mean who posts the more impressive stats, it definitely should be Kuemper. Voted equal as these two are more or less equal goalies.

I would rather have Grubauer though and keep the assets.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

If by better you mean who posts the more impressive stats, it definitely should be Kuemper. Voted equal as these two are more or less equal goalies.

I would rather have Grubauer though and keep the assets.

of course you did.

 

[TruePowerSlave]

of course you did.

Instead of such a lame response, what part do you disagree with?

Is Kuemper really a better goaltender. It's definitely debatable.

 

[Avs71]

More curious how long into getting shelled on Seattle before Grubauer starts blaming the team in front of him.

 

[Perratrooper]

I think my biggest fear is that Keumper plays lights out and stays healthy, we don’t win the cup and we sign him long term and he reverts back to being a bandaid.

 

[avsfan9]

Instead of such a lame response, what part do you disagree with?

Is Kuemper really a better goaltender. It's definitely debatable.

Have you watched Grubauer in the playoffs? Sure he won us some games but, he definitely lost us some as well. Before Frank got hurt him and Gru were neck and neck. I don’t think there will be any doubt who our starter will be next season

 

[Balthazar]

Is Kuemper really a better goaltender. It's definitely debatable.

It's not a debate outside of this board and even here it's not really a debate. Kuemper is seen as a top 5-7 goalie in the league and Grubauer in the late teens.

The questions are around his health and his contract situation, not who's the better goalie.

 

[Bonzai12]

Let's find out if HFAvs gets it right. This has been a controversial topic since the UFA opening day.

missing the controversy here I guess. The only way Grub has a better season is if he’s traded.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Should be about equal to me. Kuemper will be more consistent but I don’t think he will steal games in as dramatic a fashion as Gru did.

I do agree with @TruePowerSlave that it was somewhat a waste of assets though.

 

[BKarchitect]

The real question is who will have a better playoffs? Grubauer in 2021 or Kuemper in 2022?

 

[McJedi]

Instead of such a lame response, what part do you disagree with?

Is Kuemper really a better goaltender. It's definitely debatable.

Grubs is making $2.4mm more AAV than Kuemper so by that $ metric, Grubs is better.

 

[McJedi]

Should be about equal to me. Kuemper will be more consistent but I don’t think he will steal games in as dramatic a fashion as Gru did.

I do agree with @TruePowerSlave that it was somewhat a waste of assets though.

I’d lay good wood it’s the exact opposite of what you just wrote. Grubs will be more consistent and Kuemper will demonstrate the higher level of play stealing more games and flashing the higher end saves.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I’d lay good wood it’s the exact opposite of what you just wrote. Grubs will be more consistent and Kuemper will demonstrate the higher level of play stealing more games and flashing the higher end saves.

Why? Grub’s HDSV% is among the best in the league? Kuemper is good but his size allows for him to make a lot more routine saves while not making the spectacular ones Grub does. Equal talents, very different styles.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Should be about equal to me. Kuemper will be more consistent but I don’t think he will steal games in as dramatic a fashion as Gru did.

I do agree with @TruePowerSlave that it was somewhat a waste of assets though.

How many games did Grubauer really steal last year though?

 

[Bonzai12]

How many playoff games did he steal? I think there was maybe one.

 

[dahrougem2]

Grubauer is going to get abused playing for Seattle. He's no Marc-Andre Fleury, that's for sure.

God I can't wait for MacKinnon to come streaking in and know that it's basically an automatic goal since Nate loves going high glove, and Grubauer loves allowing players to go high glove. Match made in f***ing heaven.

 

[The Abusement Park]

How many games did Grubauer really steal last year though?

Multiple against Vegas. RS and playoffs. That one against Anaheim to start the season. There was one vs
STL at the end of the year as well. I mean he laid a decent amount of stinkers as well which should less common place with Kuemper though.

 

[The Abusement Park]

How many playoff games did he steal? I think there was maybe one.

Game 5 against Vegas and game 2 against STL, I’m pretty sure.

 

[hughdreamz]

Just looking at their work over the last few years points to Kuemper being the superior goalie.

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

Multiple against Vegas. RS and playoffs. That one against Anaheim to start the season. There was one vs
STL at the end of the year as well. I mean he laid a decent amount of stinkers as well which should less common place with Kuemper though.

You could probably count the games he stole last year on one hand.

I still think he’s a solid goalie, just that he wasn’t asked to do that a lot.

 

[The Abusement Park]

You could probably count the games he stole last year on one hand.

I still think he’s a solid goalie, just that he wasn’t asked to do that a lot.

Of course. Kuemper won’t need to steal games often, but their strengths are different. I don’t know why that’s such a controversial take.