RANKING Every NHL Teams STARTING GOALIE For The 2024 Season 

I know the obvious stats paint Sam Montembeault as pretty bad but I'm telling you he was really good last year. He was a legit above average goalie if you look at Saves Above Expected. Most Habs fans will agree he played a big role in us not finishing last and drafting Bedard hahaha

You should rank every teams best defenseman next.

Sam Montembault played with 5 rookie d-men in front of him for different stretches this season. An impossible task. Given this, what he had shown in the past, and what he gave to the habs in 22-23 (and team canada after), I'd say he deserves a better fate. He played lights out all year. It was his breakout season, despite what the numbers might show.

Having Skinner above Demko is crazy.

Carter Hart can definitely go up to Good/Great if he can get a good defense ahead of him. Certainly not been easy for him the last few years

While I’m a fan of Otter, and definitely think he’s headed in that direction, i don’t quite consider him elite just yet. I’d def have him on the high end of great though

Bob has been so underrated with Florida. Yeah his first season was underwhelming but last year he was above average in save % and GSAA, the year before 39-7-3 record with a .913%, then his huge run last postseason. The panthers defensive core and overall team defense/pk has been below average every year (even during presidents trophy season). I don’t understand how a rookie skinner, georgiev who’s only been a starter 1 season, and vanecek who has under a .850% in the playoffs the last 3 seasons can be above bob. People only compare bob to his contract and look down on him when he has been sneakily really solid

Demko is better than every goalie in the great tier the only reason he was bad last year is he was badly injured and when he came back from Injury he was lights out.

I feel like you should’ve accounted for the teams they play on more. Some guys are being overrated because they play on good teams meanwhile others are underrated because they play on bad teams

Watching Gibson all season he at least needs to be in the Good tier. He had 3-4 50plus save games last season and faced an insane workload. The fact he kept his numbers where they were I think is incredible playing behind the worst defense in the league.

Stuart Skinner definitely played over his head last season I wouldn't put him any higher than average

Devils fan here, I would put Vanecek in Good, not Great, his play is very similar to Tristan Jarry. Would not be surprised if Shmid ended up starting quite a few games this season, either.

There is only 5 elite goalies those are Vasy, Shesterkin, Sorokin, Saros and Hellebuyck.

Can’t wait for ranking the backup goalies! :)

Love the vids OhNyquist! Just one thing, I recently played where the Devils were practicing and saw some of the team, by the sounds of, Schmid will get the starting job

I understand why you didn’t but I’d put Gibson in great. He is a super good goalie that has a team with some of the worst defence in the entire league. He himself is actually a very good goalie, he makes tons of saves but since he has no team infront of him, he faces too many shots to save. If you look back at when Anaheim was a good team, he was stellar. In 16-17, he had a record of 25-16-9. In those games, he had a GAA of 2.22 which is very good and a sv% of 0.924, which is also very good. He has been a super good goalie his entire career but he’s been stuck behind one of the worst teams in the entire league for a few seasons now.

The list isn't bad, but saying goaltenders like Stuart Skinner and Samsonov are better then Bobrovsky is utterly criminal

Skinner = Great & Demko = Good. Not aging too well lol

Thats criminal putting Adin Hill in good with the offseason he had. Logan Thompson also had a all-star season that makes no sense you'd put him with Hill if he was the starter.

Love the tier list videos bro. You should do ranking each team’s captain, and ranking each team’s first line. Both would be sick!!

I love vitek so much. Hope he bounces back to live up to the great tier :)

Demko should be in the great tier tbh, kind of ridiculous to put him in good.

As a Canucks fan, I don't begrudge your positioning of Demko in the "good" tier, but that's because it's hard for people outside Vancouver to understand what he goes through. The Canucks have been the worst defensively responsible team since the pandemic year, and Demko has done well to make them look even half respectable. As long as he's healthy, with the Canucks new direction in attention to defensive detail, he'll show what he's worth this season.

Any time you do a tier ranking and you don’t end up with a bell curve, you should always review your ranking criteria. You’re also sabotaging yourself a little bit with the names of your tiers-the “Good” tier is functionally your average tier, but you named the tier below the middle as your “Average” tier, which messes up your distribution. The fourth tier from the top should be “Poor” or “Below Average” or something like that. If you did that, you could probably move a couple of players from your Average tier to your Good tier, which would help you achieve closer to a bell curve. Also, with your Elite tier, you used two competing criteria-good goalies with excellent numbers and excellent goalies with good numbers. If Ulmark deserves to be on the Elite tier because of his numbers, then Vassy should probably be dropped a tier lower because of his numbers. You’re right about this being a tough thing to work out. Anyway, this should spark a good conversation. Nice job!

Ranking every teams best defence Pair

A starting goalie tandem would be good as well.

I think Talbot will play good behind the Kings defense

Kinda feels wrong having Gustavsson next to the other goalies in great

Your faith in markstrom will be rewarded Nyquist he’s a emotional guy with pride he’s gonna be hungry this year plus no more sutter playing mind games with him should help

Update this list.Oiler goalies are complete disasters.they cannot stop anything

This is a hot take I hope a goalie will win the hart trophy this season it’d be a nice change for the NHL but with mcdavid in the league idk if that’s possible

Demko should be Great.

I'm OK with Georgiev being in great, glad to see him getting respect

We need ranked equipment guys.

The GOOD tier is a good place for Jarry after his inconsistent play, last season. He ended up as the 15th ranked starting goaltender, after being a top five goalie in the previous two seasons. Hopefully, he has a bounce-back year, and returns to form. Head-to-head, against all of the goaltenders in the Elite and Great tiers, over the course of his career, his record is 26-19-5, and only has a losing record against Vanecek, Ullmark, Shesturkin, and Skinner. Hopefully, when you do this ranking, next year, his play has warranted inclusion in the Great tier.

Demko being in any tier lower than great, Vanecek doesn't deserve to be in the great tier, and Oettinger shouldn't be in the elite tier, he hasn't shown an elite level of performance consistently enough to be ranked that high, and Samsonov is only good, not great. This is lunacy, come on man, I thought you were better than this

I already know as a kings fan were a F at goalie! Idk why we didn’t trade for a superstar goalie cause our team would be fantastic!

Vanacek’s reputation was ruined by the playoffs. He still got 3 shutouts in reg season and first Devils goalie to 30 wins in a season since Brodeur. Not bad at all.

There are some questionable decisions, but every tier list is subjective, so everyone please just take it easier

I know this list was made at the start of the season but holy smokes some of these got absolutely flip flopped. Talbot? Montembeault? Binnington? Hill? Would love to see these re-ranked!

Carter Hart was underrated here. I get his numbers looked bad, however the eye test tells you that the reason for that was the Flyers defense constantly left him out to dry. The Flyers dont win most of the games they did win without him

Since fantasy is coming up this is needed lol

Great video! Also sounds like you got a new mic! I could be wrong lol

I like how you put Gustavsson in the good tier on the thumbnail just to clickbait people 😂😂😂

Having more goalies in "elite" than "great" kinda defeats the concept of elite. You never have 7 vezina finalists.

Jarry has a career average of .914 and is good, but Skinner has 1 year at .914 and is great.

Great work by one of my fave haligonian hockey content captains. What are thoughts on our mooseheads this season? Take care bro😊

Coaches tier rankings next? That or prospect pool?

Their is no way in hell you can call stewert skinny great with a 900% save percentage

Elite: Saros, Sorokin, Vasy, Helle, Shesterkin Great: Ullmark, Georgiev, Gus, Samsonov, Kuemper, Oettinger Good: Jarry, Demko, Skinner, Thompson, Markström, Vanecek, Korpisalo, Grubauer, Andersen Average: Husso, Gibson, Bobrovsky, Binnington, Markström, Vejmelka, Hart, Montembeault Bad: Mrazek, Talbot, Blackwood, Merzlikins

Have you ranked the best defensive players yet?

How about Ranking the Coach of each team?

I think you did your best and I think you are almost 100% exact in your assessment. Good video.

Good to see you didn't forget TB this time :) Over all the rankings are spot on. Well done. I would like to see you do a tier list for Coaches.

Sorokin is the goat

Am I crazy or is there no swayman on this list?

I’d easily put Veggie in the good tier. As someone who watches Arizona, he definitely has rough nights, but when he’s on, MY GOD is he unbeatable. I’ve watched him most notoriously stump the leafs, but also steal games from a flames team desperate for points, the kings during their great run to try and win the division, the wings :/ dude can turn it on and absolutely take over games, just not every night

Georgiev, Skinner, and Vanacek higher than Demko ? Lol

Poor John Gibson. He has had zero help in years. Deserves better than this ranking probably but it's hard to justify until he can play somewhere else and really showcase himself.

Korpisalo is way better than average. Last year he showed what he could do while being healthy. Had really good numbers on a shit columbus team and played really well for the kings.

Its so wierd that you put skinner in good but husso and korpisalo in average😂😂

Honestly Mrázek and Montembeault, talbot have all been present supprises

Bro as a leaf fan I'm gna tell you Montembeault is in "good" and if his team in front wasn't trash he'd be easily in "great"

Honestly, I agree with the whole list.

As an Oiler fan I'd drop Skinner to good, with the Vegas goalies. The playoffs cooled the hype on him a bit

You should rank every teams center core

Montembeault is definitely not bad

Ranking every teams fan base or ranking every teams projected starting line are some ideas

Hart posted .907 save percentage and 2.96 gaa on a team with a gaa north of 3.6 he was also top 15 in GSAX. Hart has been very very good on a team with a bottom 5 defense. He had risto, Braun, seeler and a horrid season from sanheim as well. Hart was the only reason the flyers sniffed 30 wins he should honestly be in the great tier I don’t think many goalies would post good numbers behind that flyers team. 20/21 was horrible but he has had two good season since for a awful team

European goalies are built different

Man, europe sure does know how to make elite goalies...... canada needs to have a prime price/holtby level goalie again

Having Talbot in bad even tho he played in the all star game a coupon years ago is a hot take

Putting Samsonov as Great, to me shows that you did put A LOT of bias on just 1 season not 3 seasons as a whole Since sure he did have that 1 career year… but never proved to be a starting caliber goalie before that And it showed this season where he’d be put in the BAD Tier

You should do some ranking all about the red wings. Current players maybe….?

I think Otter belongs in Great. He's more streaky and up/down than the rest in Elite

I think should do top line of each team

Skinner, Georgiev and Vanecek in the Great tier is pretty odd. Not sure how they have earned that tier ...

Hes not a starter but hes better than ullmark. Sway is the way

kuemper great, 920+ sx% on a bad coyotes team then in Colorado and a sv% close to 920 when Washington actually tried

Ilya Samsonov predicted as GREAT, and he was just placed on waivers, and looks like no one will claim him lol

As usual you were consistent and tried to be fair. Agree or disagree you are possibly the best at what you do and you also have the best following (and comments)

yessss I have Otter for Yahoo fantasy

i honestly agree with this list. as a wild fan it blows to play against otter and saros lol

Youre unfortunately bang on with Binnington and Gibson based off of your criteria. It's bizarre to see goalies that have been elite be so average so soon

Soely looking at numbers ok but i cant help but feel like hart and gibson got a very harsh rating, the teams in front of them have been far from defensively solid.

oilers great goalie lmao

I’m here 2 months later and can say by goalie 3 it shows

Ranking Skinner as great is overly generous. He'd be getting a lot more than 2.6 million/yr if he's great goalie.

Rank every teams spending?

I would argue that an .894SV% with a GSAx very close to 0 on that Chicago team deserves average for Mrazek

I think you rated the young unproven guys too high while underrating the more established goalies like Demko and Jarry

Top six forward group.

Bro put skinner in great lmaooo

Have you done ranking starting line up for each team? Ik lines change a lot but it would be kinda sick¿

I only have 2 gripes with this tier list. Bobrovsky is barely average for me, he has been basically irrelevant since he’s been in Florida. Wasn’t even good enough to be the starter for the playoffs. He was there because he caught lightning in a bottle. He will continue to be irrelevant moving forward. Gibson is a good goalie for me, on a decent team in front of him he more then a capable goalie. He single handily kept the Ducks in games. Im also an ex goalie so perhaps I see the position differently then other people who didn’t play. I also disagreed with others but non were as egregious as those 2 for me.

I just can’t fathom skimmer being better than Demko

Your bias for Edmonton is showing. Having Skinner in the great tier but saying Logan Thompson would be in the good tier proves it. Thompson had a higher Save percentage and SAA prior to being injured.

Levi is gonna be elite

Best defense men And best offensive men

It's hilarious that people say the Leafs have no goaltending. Like where is that narrative even coming from? it's so confusing. Sammy was legit, that injury messed him up going into the playoffs though. Him and Woll is a real quality tandem with very high upside