NHL TOP 25 GOALIES
NHL.com just came out with their top 25 fantasy goalie list. Will this help you in the DCHL, maybe not this year, but it will give you an idea of who is doing well, who is the # 1 on each team currently.
Value has been quantified based on factors including but not limited to past production in regular season and Stanley Cup Playoffs, team goalie situations, anticipated start volume, projected goal support (or lack thereof), injury history or concern (INJ.), sleeper, bounce-back or breakout potential, anticipated regression, age, contract status (potential 2022 unrestricted free agents: *) and overall upside for the rest of the season.
Something interesting is it looks like there’s 3 NHL teams that have new starters.
· St-Louis Blues – #18 Ville Husso took over the # 1 role from Jordan Binnington
· Washington Capitals - # 21 Vitek Vanecek took over the # 1 role from Ilya Samsonov
· Dallas Stars - # 25 Braden Holtby took over the # 1 role from Jake Oettinger
Also, who will be the # 1 goalie in Boston now that Tuukka Rask is back in the NHL and how will that affect Linus Ullmark’s value / rating in 2022?
1. Andrei Vasilevskiy, TBL
2. Frederik Andersen, CAR
3. Igor Shesterkin, NYR
4. Jack Campbell, TOR*
5. Sergei Bobrovsky, FLA
6. Tristan Jarry, PIT
7. Juuse Saros, NSH
8. Jacob Markstrom, CGY
9. Ilya Sorokin, NYI
10. Darcy Kuemper, COL*
11. Thatcher Demko, VAN (COVID-19 protocol)
12. Marc-Andre Fleury, CHI*
13. Robin Lehner, VGK
14. Connor Hellebuyck, WPG
15. Kaapo Kahkonen, MIN (rookie)
16. John Gibson, ANA
17. Pavel Francouz, COL*
18. Ville Husso, STL* (NEW)
19. Alex Nedeljkovic, DET (rookie)
20. Semyon Varlamov, NYI
21. Vitek Vanecek, WSH
22. Jonathan Quick, LAK
23. Linus Ullmark, BOS (NEW)
24. Tuukka Rask, BOS*
25. Braden Holtby, DAL* (NEW)
Dropped out of top 25 goalie rankings:
Jordan Binnington, STL
Jake Oettinger, DAL
Ilya Samsonov, WSH
Other goalies to consider in fantasy:
26. Cal Petersen, LAK
27. James Reimer, SJS
28. Mikko Koskinen, EDM*
29. Petr Mrazek, TOR
30. Matt Murray, OTT
Key injury (player worth stashing):
Cam Talbot, MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, BUF
NHL/NHLPA player assistance program:
Carey Price, MTL