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NHL GOALIE RATINGS / RANKINGS

2003/04 REGULAR SEASON

 

Rank   Player   Age   Tm   Rating
1 Roberto Luongo  24 FLA  102
2 Dwayne Roloson  34 MIN  92
3 Vesa Toskala  26 SJS  92
4 Miikka Kiprusoff  27 CGY  88
5 Andrew Raycroft  23 BOS  85
6 David Aebischer  25 COL  83
7 Marc Denis  26 CBJ  83
8 Evgeni Nabokov  28 SJS  81
9 Jussi Markkanen  28 2Tm  79
10 Jose Theodore  27 MTL  79
11 Jean-Sebastien Giguere  26 MDA  78
12 Martin Gerber  29 MDA  77
13 Manny Legace  30 DET  77
14 Manny Fernandez  29 MIN  77
15 Martin Biron  26 BUF  75
16 Ed Belfour  38 TOR  74
17 Olaf Kolzig  33 WSH  73
18 Martin Prusek  28 OTT  73
19 Sean Burke  37 2Tm  72
20 Ty Conklin  27 EDM  71
21 Dan Cloutier  27 VAN  71
22 Martin Brodeur   31 NJD   71
23 Kevin Weekes  28 CAR  69
24 Tomas Vokoun  27 NSH  68
25 Rick DiPietro  22 NYI  68
26 Robert Esche  26 PHI  68
27 Craig Anderson  22 CHI  68
28 Brian Boucher  27 PHX  68
29 Nikolai Khabibulin  31 TBL  66
30 Curtis Joseph  36 DET  66
31 John Grahame  28 TBL  65
32 Mika Noronen  24 BUF  65
33 Chris Osgood  31 STL  65
34 Pasi Nurminen  28 ATL  64
35 Marty Turco  28 DAL  64
36 Cristobal Huet  28 LAK  64
37 Roman Cechmanek  32 LAK  63
38 Michael Leighton  22 CHI  63
39 Jeff Hackett  35 PHI  60
40 Felix Potvin  32 BOS  59
41 Jamie McLennan  32 2Tm  58
42 Garth Snow  34 NYI  58
43 Patrick Lalime  29 OTT  58
44 Mike Dunham  31 NYR  57
45 Tommy Salo  32 2Tm  52
46 Sebastien Caron  23 PIT  49
  UnRanked Below (<1200 minutes)      
  Mathieu Chouinard  23 LAK  180
  Corey Schwab  33 NJD  120
  Martin Brochu  30 PIT  118
  Antero Niittymaki  23 PHI  117
  Kari Lehtonen  20 ATL  110
  Marc Lamothe  29 DET  107
  Wade Dubielewicz  25 NYI  101
  Scott Clemmensen  26 NJD  100
  Alex Auld  23 VAN  90
  Ilya Bryzgalov  23 MDA  89
  Chris Mason  27 NSH  88
  Mathieu Garon  26 MTL  82
  Jocelyn Thibault  29 CHI  81
  Maxime Ouellet  22 WSH  81
  Matthew Yeats  24 WSH  76
  Jean-Sebastien Aubin  26 PIT  75
  Roman Turek  33 CGY  72
  Pascal Leclaire  21 CBJ  70
  Steve Valiquette  26 2Tm  68
  Marc-Andre Fleury  19 PIT  67
  Brent Johnson  26 2Tm  67
  Fred Brathwaite  31 CBJ  65
  Byron Dafoe  32 ATL  62
  Dominik Hasek  39 DET  60
  Reinhard Divis  28 STL  59
  Zac Bierk  27 PHX  59
  Andy Chiodo  20 PIT  58
  Ray Emery  21 OTT  58
  Philippe Sauve  23 COL  58
  Steve Passmore  31 CHI  55
  Johan Hedberg  30 VAN  55
  Ron Tugnutt  36 DAL  53
  Dan Ellis  23 DAL  53
  Arturs Irbe  36 CAR  52
  Mikael Tellqvist  24 TOR  52
  Rastislav Stana  24 WSH  50
  Milan Hnilicka  30 LAK  47
  Matt Underhill  24 CHI  46
  Adam Munro  21 CHI  44
  Steve Shields  31 FLA  39
  Sebastien Charpentier  26 WSH  34
  Trevor Kidd  31 TOR  33
  Jamie Storr  28 CAR  31
  Jean-Marc Pelletier  25 PHX  18
  Dany Sabourin  23 CGY  3
  Jason LaBarbera  24 NYR  2
  Ryan Miller  23 BUF  1
  Neil Little  32 PHI  0

 

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    Jerry Shields
 HOW DO I DETERMINE THESE RATINGS?

 

An intensive, complicated analysis is done on each goaltender.

Care is taken to remove an bias from the ability of a goaltender's teams - as good teams allow fewer quality shots and vice versa for weak teams.

There are adjustments made for the caliber of goaltending in each league and then again for each level of hockey.

All of this results in a number that reflects a goaltenders current ability and compares him to others.  Most goaltenders' ability increases with age, until they peak in their early 30's.  Younger goaltenders' ratings increase faster at a young age as the progress through the ranks.

Goalies with few starts result in more inaccurate analysis and should be scrutinized closely.  Therefore I only rank goalies that have played a minimum of 1200 minutes.

What the Scores Mean....

Extensive research has allowed me to place a goalie in his current level of play based on these scores.
The scores relate to the following categories.
Keep in mind that these scores are CURRENT ability but do not indicate potential ability.
Quality Goaltenders often climb 1 category per season.

Score = Current Level of Play
00-09 = Tier II Goalie
10-19 = Tier II Starter
20-29 = Major Junior Backup
30-39 = Major Junior Starter
40-49 = Minor Pro Goaltender
50-59 = Minor Pro Starter/Fringe NHL Goalie
60-69 = Regular NHL Goalie
70-79 = NHL Starter
80-99 = NHL STAR