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NHL GOALIE RATINGS / RANKINGS

2008/09 REGULAR SEASON

 

Rank   Player   Age   Team   Rating
1 Tim Thomas  34 BOS  97
2 Craig Anderson  27 FLA  96
3 Tomas Vokoun  32 FLA  94
4 Niklas Backstrom  30 MIN  85
5 Jaroslav Halak  23 MTL  83
6 Ryan Miller  28 BUF  81
7 Dwayne Roloson  39 EDM  81
8 Martin Biron  31 PHI  81
9 Roberto Luongo  29 VAN  80
10 Kari Lehtonen  25 ATL  80
11 Jonas Hiller  26 ANA  80
12 Mike Smith  26 TBL  80
13 Nikolai Khabibulin  36 CHI  79
14 Scott Clemmensen  31 NJD  77
15 Pekka Rinne  26 NSH  77
16 Antero Niittymaki  28 PHI  76
17 Cam Ward  24 CAR  76
18 Henrik Lundqvist  26 NYR  76
19 Chris Mason  32 STL  76
20 Martin Brodeur  36 NJD  76
21 Yann Danis  27 NYI  75
22 Marc-Andre Fleury  24 PIT  75
23 Jonathan Quick  23 LAK  74
24 Steve Mason  20 CBJ  73
25 Brian Boucher  32 SJS  73
26 Ilya Bryzgalov  28 PHX  71
27 Manny Fernandez  34 BOS  70
28 Joey MacDonald  28 NYI  70
29 Alex Auld  28 OTT  70
30 Cristobal Huet  33 CHI  67
31 Evgeni Nabokov  33 SJS  67
32 Ty Conklin  32 DET  67
33 Carey Price  21 MTL  67
34 Martin Gerber  34 2Tm  66
35 Jean-Sebastien Giguere  31 ANA  64
36 Miikka Kiprusoff   32 CGY   64
37 Karri Ramo  22 TBL  64
38 Patrick Lalime  34 BUF  64
39 Brian Elliott  23 OTT  61
40 Dan Ellis  28 NSH  61
41 Jose Theodore  32 WSH  60
42 Jason LaBarbera  29 2Tm  60
43 Peter Budaj  26 COL  58
44 Erik Ersberg  26 LAK  56
45 Marty Turco  33 DAL  56
46 Vesa Toskala  31 TOR  53
47 Andrew Raycroft  28 COL  53
48 Johan Hedberg  35 ATL  49
49 Chris Osgood  36 DET  44
50 Manny Legace  35 STL  43
  UnRanked Below (<1200 Minutes)      
  Tuukka Rask  21 BOS  170
  Marek Schwarz  22 STL  145
  Riku Helenius  20 TBL  141
  Chris Holt  23 STL  128
  Dan LaCosta  22 CBJ  113
  Josh Harding  24 MIN  93
  Al Montoya  23 PHX  83
  Kevin Weekes  33 NJD  82
  Semyon Varlamov  20 WSH  78
  Mikael Tellqvist  29 2Tm  76
  Brent Johnson  31 WSH  71
  John Curry  24 PIT  71
  Steve Valiquette  31 NYR  70
  Olaf Kolzig  38 TBL  70
  Jeff Deslauriers  24 EDM  69
  Curtis Sanford  29 VAN  64
  Peter Mannino  24 NYI  62
  Michael Leighton  27 CAR  62
  Rick DiPietro  27 NYI  58
  Dany Sabourin  28 PIT  57
  Mathieu Garon  31 2Tm  55
  Curtis McElhinney  25 CGY  55
  Matt Climie  25 DAL  52
  Mike McKenna  25 TBL  51
  Ben Bishop  22 STL  51
  Michal Neuvirth  20 WSH  50
  Ondrej Pavelec  21 ATL  42
  Josh Tordjman  24 PHX  36
  Cory Schneider  22 VAN  35
  Tobias Stephan  25 DAL  29
  Wade Dubielewicz  30 CBJ  28
  Pascal Leclaire  26 CBJ  27
  Curtis Joseph  41 TOR  27
  Fredrik Norrena  35 CBJ  25
  Antti Niemi  25 CHI  18
  Jimmy Howard  24 DET  16
  Marc Denis  31 MTL  4
  Justin Pogge  22 TOR  3
  Brent Krahn  26 DAL  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