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NHL GOALIE RATINGS / RANKINGS

2006/07 REGULAR SEASON

 

Rk   Player   Age   Tm   Rating
1 Chris Mason  30 NSH  94
2 Niklas Backstrom  28 MIN  91
3 Cristobal Huet  31 MTL  88
4 Rick DiPietro  25 NYI  88
5 Tomas Vokoun  30 NSH  86
6 Roberto Luongo  27 VAN  85
7 Ray Emery  24 OTT  84
8 Martin Brodeur   34 NJD   84
9 Miikka Kiprusoff  30 CGY  83
10 Olaf Kolzig  36 WSH  82
11 Kari Lehtonen  23 ATL  81
12 Jean-Sebastien Giguere  29 ANA  80
13 Henrik Lundqvist  24 NYR  80
14 Ryan Miller  26 BUF  78
15 Tim Thomas  32 BOS  76
16 Dwayne Roloson  37 EDM  75
17 Manny Fernandez  32 MIN  75
18 Evgeni Nabokov  31 SJS  74
19 Marc-Andre Fleury  22 PIT  72
20 Martin Biron  29 2Tm  71
21 Martin Gerber  32 OTT  71
22 Mathieu Garon  29 LAK  71
23 Mike Smith  24 DAL  70
24 Manny Legace  33 STL  70
25 Sean Burke  40 LAK  69
26 David Aebischer  28 MTL  69
27 Dominik Hasek  42 DET  68
28 Fredrik Norrena  33 CBJ  68
29 Peter Budaj  24 COL  68
30 Marty Turco  31 DAL  68
31 Ilya Bryzgalov  26 ANA  67
32 Vesa Toskala  29 SJS  67
33 Nikolai Khabibulin  34 CHI  67
34 Ed Belfour  41 FLA  65
35 Antero Niittymaki  26 PHI  63
36 Pascal Leclaire  24 CBJ  61
37 Cam Ward  22 CAR  60
38 Brent Johnson  29 WSH  59
39 John Grahame  31 CAR  59
40 Curtis Joseph  39 PHX  58
41 Andrew Raycroft  26 TOR  57
42 Jose Theodore  30 COL  57
43 Alex Auld  26 FLA  54
44 Johan Holmqvist  28 TBL  54
45 Curtis Sanford  27 STL  51
46 Mikael Tellqvist  27 2Tm  49
47 Marc Denis  29 TBL  44
48 Dan Cloutier  30 LAK  23
  UnRanked Below (<1200 minutes)      
  Josh Harding  22 MIN  124
  Wade Dubielewicz  28 NYI  102
  Craig Anderson  25 FLA  100
  Sebastien Caron  26 2Tm  86
  Brian Finley  25 BOS  81
  Jocelyn Thibault  32 PIT  77
  Tomas Popperle  22 CBJ  76
  Jaroslav Halak  21 MTL  73
  David LeNeveu  23 PHX  71
  Dany Sabourin  26 VAN  69
  Jamie McLennan  35 CGY  68
  Chris Osgood  34 DET  66
  Jason Bacashihua  24 STL  62
  Mike Dunham  34 NYI  61
  Johan Hedberg  33 ATL  61
  Patrick Lalime  32 CHI  61
  Joey MacDonald  26 2Tm  59
  Frederic Cassivi  31 WSH  55
  Scott Clemmensen  29 NJD  52
  Jussi Markkanen  31 EDM  48
  Hannu Toivonen  22 BOS  47
  Brian Boucher  30 2Tm  45
  Barry Brust  23 LAK  44
  Robert Esche  29 PHI  44
  Michael Leighton  25 2Tm  43
  Kevin Weekes  31 NYR  42
  Ty Conklin  30 2Tm  41
  Jean-Sebastien Aubin  29 TOR  38
  Marek Schwarz  20 STL  38
  Michael Wall  21 ANA  33
  Steve Valiquette  29 NYR  22
  Philippe Sauve  26 BOS  3
  Yutaka Fukufuji  24 LAK  3
  Karri Ramo  20 TBL  2
  Mike Morrison  27 PHX  1
  Martin Houle  21 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