Top Fantasy Goalie Pick

Who do you think would rank tops in a fantasy draft this year. In terms of wins, SP, GAA etc..
Brodeur is still ranked top amoung the goalies on yahoo and I guess i would have to agree as I see NJ getting more wins than NYR.. but not my much

I gotta say Brodeur as well. That guy always finds a way to be tops in Wins and tops or near tops in Shutouts. He may not be quite as high as usual this season as I suspect Sutter may reduce his playing time to something close to a human level?

Cap'n' Clutch wrote:I gotta say Brodeur as well. That guy always finds a way to be tops in Wins and tops or near tops in Shutouts. He may not be quite as high as usual this season as I suspect Sutter may reduce his playing time to something close to a human level?

Sutter will have to reduce Brodeur's workload. Maybe it's just me, but Brodeur looked SO wiped by season's end.

In fact, he resembled Ottawa's Top line...

I'm wondering too if Luongo will be able to keep up his pace with no team in front of him.. with out that slump he had, his year's numbers would have been much better too.

I expect Tomas Vokoun to have a really nice year. Perhaps top 3 in the league for goaltenders.

Yea, that's not unreasonable.
Besides the usual... i'd say 4, i'd be nice to have some of the young guys stepping in. *cough*price*cough*

Brodeur is always a safe bet (for another few years) but I'm betting that Lunqvist is the ultimate fantasy goalie pick, this season.
He gets shutouts, has a great SV% and GAA and New York is not going to be anywhere near as bad as people think they will...they'll actually be pretty damn good (Top-4 is my guess...probably winning the Atlantic)
Also, look out for Luongo. I think he will be somewhat like the Sens, in that he'll have a chip on his shoulder and will be trying to prove something.

furiousgreg wrote:Yea, that's not unreasonable.
Besides the usual... i'd say 4, i'd be nice to have some of the young guys stepping in. *cough*price*cough*

As great as I think Price will be, I expect the Habs to take a step back. They aren't there yet.

Well just like last year, I'm going in with modest expectations. Playoffs are the usual goal but I don't expect to challenge Detroit for 1st or anything. So yea, i guess you can say i agree.

Thats cool
As much as I hate the Habs, they are a seriously entertaining team to watch. Of all the teams in the league - other than Ottawa - I enjoy watching the Habs and the Pens most.

furiousgreg wrote:I'm wondering too if Luongo will be able to keep up his pace with no team in front of him.. with out that slump he had, his year's numbers would have been much better too.

No team in front of him? Huh? I love what the 'Nuck's did this offseason. They still have a wicked D corp and they bolstered their offense very well imo. They added good guys in Demitra, Bernier and Wellwood. All they lost was Naslund who is TERRIBLE and they have over 9 million in cap space to help even more. To add to that guys like Mason Raymond and Grabner are only going to get better. If a certain Swede signs there I think they'll be able to contend with Detroit.

I love this post.

I would say it totally depends on how many teams and how important goalies are to your pool.

If for purely information sake you're looking for the best goalie based on those stats I would say Nabakov (he's going to get you wins, GAA and Save percentage. Most pools I've seen have moved away from Save PCT and to Svs. Thus rewarding the goalies who get shelled but still scored on. It's a way of evening out the stats for goalies on teams that are not that good.

My top 3 would be

Nabakov,
Bryzgalov
Brodeur/Giguere

I like:
Nabby
King Henry
Luongo

I choose goalies that I know will play a majority of the games, and as he said last year, if Henrik had his way he'd play all 82 games.

DashRiprock wrote:I like:
Nabby
King Henry
Luongo

I choose goalies that I know will play a majority of the games, and as he said last year, if Henrik had his way he'd play all 82 games.

And, he would promptly lose half of them.

PKC wrote:I expect Tomas Vokoun to have a really nice year. Perhaps top 3 in the league for goaltenders.

*cough* I just choked on my brew.

Vokoun? The goalie for the Florida Panthers? Top 3 in the LEAGUE?

I need to play fantasy hockey with you, my friend. I wouldn't touch Vokoun in a fantasy league, period. Maybe if missed out on all the goalies and felt like gambling with on of my my last picks, I suppose, but not otherwise.

That's not a commentary on Vokoun, who I think is a very good goalie. It's just that he plays for an awful team and his peripherals (GAA, SV%, etc.) are awful as a result. Heck, even Luongo was barely worth owning in regular annual pools during all this time in Florida. That team is the touch of death to a fantasy goalie.