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The following is a list of the top 100 goaltenders to own in your fantasy pool. These are the goalies that I would love to own in a keeper league that includes the postseason and where points carry over in trades, in order. *Note: if your league does not have one or both of the above bolded stipulations, then I am sure you take issue with the list, but I can't please everyone. As with the Fantasy Player list – the rating number is weighted according to actual value IN A KEEPER LEAGUE that includes the postseason and points carry over in trades. The top handful of goaltenders are above and beyond the rest of the group, and it is reflected in their rating.
I use the following criteria: 1. How many wins the goaltender will pick up by the end of this season (or next season, if it is the April - September update) 2. The team they play for (this could give them added playoff value). 3. Where they sit on the depth chart. 4. How many years before they become a number one. If they already are a number one goalie, they obviously have an advantage. 5. Proneness to injury. 6. General talent level, based on scouting reports and statistical performance. 7. Age. So young you have to wait awhile? So old his numbers are slipping? Or...hitting his prime? 8. The potential to be a starting goalie. If they are destined to be a backup, then they are penalized quite a bit. | May 20 | Goalie | Team | Rating | May 20 | Apr. 20 | | 1 | Henrik Lundqvist | NYR | 152.3 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | Roberto Luongo | VAN | 146.1 | 3 | 2 | | 3 | Steve Mason | CBJ | 144.2 | 2 | 3 | | 4 | Marc-Andre Fleury | PIT | 141.5 | 6 | 6 | | 5 | Evgeni Nabokov | SJ | 135.2 | 5 | 5 | | 6 | Carey Price | MTL | 131.7 | 9 | 9 | | 7 | Cam Ward | CAR | 131.4 | 8 | 8 | | 8 | Semen Varlamov | WAS | 130.4 | 14 | 14 | | 9 | Ryan Miller | BUF | 130.2 | 7 | 7 | | 10 | Miikka Kiprusoff | CGY | 127.9 | 4 | 4 | | 11 | Tim Thomas | BOS | 127.3 | 12 | 12 | | 12 | Martin Brodeur | NJ | 127.0 | 10 | 10 | | 13 | Niklas Backstrom | MIN | 125.1 | 11 | 11 | | 14 | Pekka Rinne | NSH | 124.9 | 13 | 13 | | 15 | Ilja Bryzgalov | PHO | 120.6 | 17 | 17 | | 16 | Mike Smith | TB | 115.6 | 18 | 18 | | 17 | Marty Turco | DAL | 115.4 | 16 | 16 | | 18 | Martin Biron | UFA | 113.9 | 15 | 15 | | 19 | Rick Dipietro | NYI | 110.4 | 19 | 19 | | 20 | Vesa Toskala | TOR | 109.3 | 20 | 20 | | 21 | Tomas Vokoun | FLA | 107.9 | 21 | 21 | | 22 | Kari Lehtonen | ATL | 106.3 | 23 | 23 | | 23 | Brian Elliott | OTT | 106.1 | 22 | 22 | | 24 | Cristobal Huet | CHI | 102.2 | 30 | 30 | | 25 | Tuukka Rask | BOS | 102.2 | 34 | 34 | | 26 | Jaroslav Halak | MTL | 101.8 | 26 | 26 | | 27 | Jonas Hiller | ANA | 101.6 | 24 | 24 | | 28 | Cory Schneider | VAN | 101.1 | 27 | 27 | | 29 | Nikolai Khabibulin | UFA | 100.3 | 28 | 28 | | 30 | J.S. Giguere | ANA | 100.0 | 25 | 25 | | 31 | Pascal Leclaire | OTT | 96.2 | 33 | 33 | | 32 | Chris Mason | STL | 95.4 | 40 | 40 | | 33 | Ray Emery | PHI | 94.6 | 66 | 66 | | 34 | Michal Neuvirth | WAS | 94.6 | 36 | 36 | | 35 | Jonathan Bernier | LA | 93.8 | 37 | 37 | | 36 | John Curry | PIT | 93.7 | 49 | 52 | | 37 | Jose Theodore | WAS | 93.7 | 32 | 32 | | 38 | Jonathan Quick | LA | 92.4 | 39 | 39 | | 39 | Chris Osgood | DET | 91.5 | 35 | 35 | | 40 | Peter Budaj | COL | 90.1 | 38 | 38 | | 41 | Josh Harding | MIN | 89.7 | 41 | 41 | | 42 | Ondrej Pavelec | ATL | 87.8 | 43 | 43 | | 43 | Ty Conklin | UFA | 87.6 | 29 | 29 | | 44 | Ben Bishop | STL | 87.3 | 44 | 44 | | 45 | Al Montoya | PHO | 85.9 | 46 | 46 | | 46 | Mathieu Garon | UFA | 85.7 | 31 | 31 | | 47 | Jimmy Howard | DET | 85.7 | 47 | 47 | | 48 | Erik Ersberg | LA | 85.0 | 42 | 42 | | 49 | Jacob Markstrom | FLA | 84.4 | 53 | 53 | | 50 | Corey Crawford | CHI | 81.6 | 51 | 50 | | 51 | Dwayne Roloson | UFA | 80.4 | 48 | 48 | | 52 | Justin Pogge | TOR | 79.5 | 50 | 49 | | 53 | Dan Ellis | NSH | 78.2 | 60 | 60 | | 54 | Antero Niittymaki | UFA | 77.2 | 45 | 45 | | 55 | Kevin Lalande | CBJ | 76.5 | 54 | 54 | | 56 | Manny Fernandez | UFA | 76.1 | 52 | 51 | | 57 | Brad Thiessen | PIT | 73.3 | 56 | 56 | | 58 | Jonas Enroth | BUF | 73.2 | 58 | 58 | | 59 | Tobias Stephan | UFA | 72.7 | 57 | 57 | | 60 | Riku Helenius | TB | 71.6 | 59 | 59 | | 61 | Antti Niemi | CHI | 71.3 | 55 | 55 | | 62 | Daniel Larsson | DET | 70.2 | 61 | 61 | | 63 | Karri Ramo | TB | 68.6 | 62 | 62 | | 64 | Mike Murphy | CAR | 67.4 | 82 | 81 | | 65 | Jason Labarbera | UFA | 66.9 | 63 | 63 | | 66 | Richard Bachman | DAL | 66.5 | 75 | 79 | | 67 | Jeff Frazee | NJ | 66.3 | 72 | 117 | | 68 | Martin Gerber | UFA | 65.9 | 64 | 64 | | 69 | Thomas McCollum | DET | 65.4 | 65 | 65 | | 70 | Jeff Deslauriers | EDM | 62.8 | 67 | 67 | | 71 | Chet Pickard | NSH | 62.6 | 68 | 68 | | 72 | Alexander Salak | FLA | 61.8 | NR | NR | | 73 | Craig Anderson | UFA | 61.0 | 69 | 69 | | 74 | Dustin Tokarski | TB | 60.9 | 70 | 70 | | 75 | Matt Keetley | CGY | 60.0 | 71 | 71 | | 76 | Leland Irving | CGY | 59.2 | 73 | 72 | | 77 | Jake Allen | STL | 58.2 | 74 | 73 | | 78 | Marek Schwarz | STL | 56.1 | 78 | 76 | | 79 | Trevor Cann | COL | 55.4 | 79 | 77 | | 80 | Michael Hutchinson | BOS | 55.4 | 80 | 78 | | 81 | Andrew Raycroft | UFA | 53.4 | 81 | 80 | | 82 | Jeff Zatkoff | LA | 52.2 | 84 | 83 | | 83 | Manny Legace | UFA | 51.2 | 85 | 84 | | 84 | Scott Clemmensen | UFA | 49.1 | 83 | 82 | | 85 | Johan Backlund | PHI | 48.3 | 86 | 85 | | 86 | Alexander Auld | OTT | 48.1 | 87 | 86 | | 87 | Josh Tordjman | PHO | 47.0 | 88 | 87 | | 88 | Hannu Toivonen | STL | 46.7 | 89 | 88 | | 89 | Joey MacDonald | UFA | 45.7 | 90 | 89 | | 90 | Yann Danis | UFA | 44.3 | 94 | 92 | | 91 | Joacim Eriksson | PHI | 44.0 | 93 | NR | | 92 | Mikael Tellqvist | UFA | 44.0 | 92 | 91 | | 93 | Curtis McElhinney | CGY | 42.1 | 91 | 90 | | 94 | Robert Esche | UFA | 41.0 | 98 | 96 | | 95 | Matt Climie | DAL | 40.8 | 95 | 93 | | 96 | Jason Bacashihua | COL | 39.8 | 96 | 94 | | 97 | Timo Pielmeier | ANA | 38.9 | 99 | 97 | | 98 | Drew MacIntyre | UFA | 38.7 | 105 | 103 | | 99 | Matt Zaba | NYR | 37.7 | 108 | 106 | | 100 | Brian Boucher | UFA | 37.5 | 97 | 95 |
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