Who's Going to Be the Best Goaltender(s) in the league in 3-5 years?

[Sparksrus3]

Ilya Sorokin

This ^

 

[LABound]

Carter Hart that D will be polished Couturier will be winning Selkes
Vasilevsky
Whoever the Leafs Goaltender is at the time .....they will have a developed or signed/traded for Top RHD defensive D and have an above average defensive forward core. I think this year you will see a huge decrease in GA just by subtraction.

 

[bobholly39]

Carey Price

HF is so fickle. He's still the best. He's in the midst of his prime. In 3-5 years he'll still be there.

 

[Nordiques1979]

Vasilevskiy is an easy one, but it's hard to find the diamond in the rough, goaltender is such an unpredictable job.

Almost no goalies get drafted in the first round. A team could find some unknown swedish or Finnish goalie and lead the league, or a kid in junior drafted on the 6th round.

I'll throw some name of rookie guys that could be close to the top of NHL in a couple of years.

Hart (Philly)
Demko (Canucks)
Saros (Nashville)

and the already established

Hellebuyck
Gibson

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Hellebuyck
Gibson
Matt Murray
Valislevsky

Have an odd feeling Vegas is going to snag one of the future best goalies of all-time that'll replace Fleury. Goaltending is generally hard to predict overall.

 

[Rebels57]

Carter Hart.

 

[authentic]

Carey Price

HF is so fickle. He's still the best. He's in the midst of his prime. In 3-5 years he'll still be there.

Price has been the best goalie for like 2 seasons, Bobrovsky has more Vezinas. Why does Price get the benefit of still being considered the best when he hasn't been lately and wasn't for any longer than younger and currently better goaltenders?

 

[authentic]

Vasilevskiy you would think, but from year to year it pretty much always changes so who knows, it could be any one of 10 guys or someone who isn't in the league yet.

 

[authentic]

Raanta will be 34 in 5 years.

That's not remotely old for a goalie. Goalies generally peak later than forwards or defensemen even.

 

[bobholly39]

Price has been the best goalie for like 2 seasons, Bobrovsky has more Vezinas. Why does Price get the benefit of still being considered the best when he hasn't been lately and wasn't for any longer than younger and currently better goaltenders?

Ask 45% of active NHL players why they think so.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

That's not remotely old for a goalie. Goalies generally peak later than forwards or defensemen even.

Lundqvist is 36 and has clearly lost a couple of steps the last 2-3 years.

How many 34+ year old goalies in the NHL are among the top-10?

Rinne? (perhaps)

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Vasilevskiy. Among those in the NHL right now, I think Gibson and Saros will also be close to the the top.

The best prospect outside the NHL is Samsonov. Shestyorkin is another with a good chance to be one of the best in the NHL. I don't know why so many are naming Sorokin. Sorokin has always been worse than Shestyorkin, yet so many name Sorokin, but few name Shestyorkin. The Russian NT goalie coach even said recently that Shestyorkin's game has developed well the last few years, while Sorokin's hasn't. I guess the initial season that Sorokin got KHL minutes while Shestyorkin got it a year later still carries over to today in perception. Thats not to say Sorokin is bad. He's a good goalie, but I'm not sure he's tracking towards being one of the best in the NHL.

 

[Clatartar]

Gustavsson

 

[authentic]

Lundqvist is 36 and has clearly lost a couple of steps the last 2-3 years.

How many 34+ year old goalies in the NHL are among the top-10?

Rinne? (perhaps)

Historically there are no shortage of 34+ goalies who are among the elite, that's all I'm saying.

 

[EdJovanovski]

How did it take this long for someone to mention Shestyorkin lol
Currently first in the KHL in every category
4-0-0
.961 SV%
1.00 GAA
2 Shutouts

Last season:
20-4-4
0.933 SV%
1.69 GAA
7 Shutouts

Season before that:
27-4-6
0.937 SV%
1.64 GAA
8 Shutouts

Last years playoffs shutout every game he played, year before that's playoffs .940 SV% & 1.84GAA
In international play had one tournament where he played 2 games and both were shutouts. At the WC played 4 games with .942 SV% & 1.46 GAA.

 

[MartyOwns]

keith kinkaid will have racked up 3 vezinas in 5 years

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Some random that hasn’t yet been mentioned.

 

[SlimCharles]

This guy is a 91 at 23 for me in NHL 19.

Yeah he's really good in chel.

 

[Cotton]

Joseph f***ing Woll

 

[Gilles Meloche]

Malcolm Subban I think might be that guy who comes out of nowhere and becomes elite. Super athletic...

 

[jetsforever]

Fingers crossed for Hellebuyck
Probably Gibson, Vasilevskiy
Maybe Andersen

 

[Burke the Legend]

Price has been the best goalie for like 2 seasons, Bobrovsky has more Vezinas. Why does Price get the benefit of still being considered the best when he hasn't been lately and wasn't for any longer than younger and currently better goaltenders?

No one is saying Bobrovsky either.

 

[Finnish your Czech]

My favorite teams top goalie prospect. He's very underrated and has potential.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Vasilevsky

 

[Tatanka]

Vladar from Boston looked pretty good. 21, 6 foot 5 and good lateral movement.