Milan Hejduk wins. Who has been our worst goalie ever?
September 20, 2024
Milan Hejduk wins. Who has been our worst goalie ever?
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Reto Berra made me want to claw my eyes out
Conceptually: Jose Theodore
Reto Berra comes to mind. I’ll never understand how Sakic traded a second rounder for him.
I know he was likable but we watched Peter Budaj play way too much…
Jose Three or four had a better team in front of him than Berra did. Therefore, I think it’s Theodore.
Jonas Johansson
Brian Elliot
Raycroft
Hunter Miska’s the only professional athlete I’ve ever watched play a single game so badly that I said “this man’s career is over tomorrow”
And we all know what game I’m talking about
So many bad goalies to choose from.
PROSVOTOV. last season
But I also think Raycroft and Berra have strong cases
Bubble Trent Miner
Joe sakic.
Spencer Martin if we’re going with the absolute worst. But the worst goalie of any notable substance, Jose Theadore.
Andrew Raycroft was abysmal
FOURgiev lol
Ray-crap
Gotta be Miska
Raycroft
Vitali Kolesnik
I mean there’s a reason we barely saw Michael Hutchinson, Antoine Bibeau, Devan Dubnyk, Keith Kincaid, Tyler Weiman, Sami Aittokallio, Adam Werner, Andrew Hammond, Spencer Martin, Hunter Miska, and Vitaly Kolesnik, so I kinda think this one needs at least a minimum sample size here?
But yeah I think I’m gonna have to go by the numbers with Phil Sauvé here. Dude couldn’t even crack a .900 save percentage in 2004 behind that defense at the height of the Dead Puck Era. Otherwise, Andrew Raycroft and Brian Elliott are strong (?) contenders, as are Reto Berra and Recency Bias Ivan Prosvetov. I also think Calvin Pickard and Jeremy Smith deserve at least a mention here, knowing full well what team they played behind while filling in for that last season of Semyon Varlamov, but yeah there’s also a reason we don’t talk about that specific season. That team was dreadful, but Pickard and Smith didn’t exactly help their cases.
Miska
Brian elliot
Wait, Hejduk, best handles? That’s not how I remember him. Not that he had bad hands, it just wasn’t one of his defining traits.
Dubnyk
Brian Elliott
Reto Berra
As much as I want to vote Jose Three-or-more, the sheer horrifying incompetence of Brian Elliott still pisses me off.
Jeremy Smith. 10 GP .888 with 1 win
Craig Anderson was an ass
Brian elliot
Recent addition, but Ivan Prosvetov. Last season’s backup should have been back off to Russia sooner. Bless Justus for being able to take over the backup role
Hunter Miska didn’t deserve the abuse he got on social media, but…
Yeah it’s him
AEBISCHER
Reto Berra
I also nominate Raycroft
Hunter Miska didn’t deserve the hate he got on social media. But….. he was the statistically worst goalie we’ve had looking at save percentage and goals saved above expected.
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Reto Berra made me want to claw my eyes out
Conceptually: Jose Theodore
Reto Berra comes to mind. I’ll never understand how Sakic traded a second rounder for him.
I know he was likable but we watched Peter Budaj play way too much…
Jose Three or four had a better team in front of him than Berra did. Therefore, I think it’s Theodore.
Jonas Johansson
Brian Elliot
Raycroft
Hunter Miska’s the only professional athlete I’ve ever watched play a single game so badly that I said “this man’s career is over tomorrow”
And we all know what game I’m talking about
So many bad goalies to choose from.
PROSVOTOV. last season
But I also think Raycroft and Berra have strong cases
Bubble Trent Miner
Joe sakic.
Spencer Martin if we’re going with the absolute worst. But the worst goalie of any notable substance, Jose Theadore.
Andrew Raycroft was abysmal
FOURgiev lol
Ray-crap
Gotta be Miska
Raycroft
Vitali Kolesnik
I mean there’s a reason we barely saw Michael Hutchinson, Antoine Bibeau, Devan Dubnyk, Keith Kincaid, Tyler Weiman, Sami Aittokallio, Adam Werner, Andrew Hammond, Spencer Martin, Hunter Miska, and Vitaly Kolesnik, so I kinda think this one needs at least a minimum sample size here?
But yeah I think I’m gonna have to go by the numbers with Phil Sauvé here. Dude couldn’t even crack a .900 save percentage in 2004 behind that defense at the height of the Dead Puck Era. Otherwise, Andrew Raycroft and Brian Elliott are strong (?) contenders, as are Reto Berra and Recency Bias Ivan Prosvetov. I also think Calvin Pickard and Jeremy Smith deserve at least a mention here, knowing full well what team they played behind while filling in for that last season of Semyon Varlamov, but yeah there’s also a reason we don’t talk about that specific season. That team was dreadful, but Pickard and Smith didn’t exactly help their cases.
Miska
Brian elliot
Wait, Hejduk, best handles? That’s not how I remember him. Not that he had bad hands, it just wasn’t one of his defining traits.
Dubnyk
Brian Elliott
Reto Berra
As much as I want to vote Jose Three-or-more, the sheer horrifying incompetence of Brian Elliott still pisses me off.
Jeremy Smith. 10 GP .888 with 1 win
Craig Anderson was an ass
Brian elliot
Recent addition, but Ivan Prosvetov. Last season’s backup should have been back off to Russia sooner. Bless Justus for being able to take over the backup role
Hunter Miska didn’t deserve the abuse he got on social media, but…
Yeah it’s him
AEBISCHER
Reto Berra
I also nominate Raycroft
Hunter Miska didn’t deserve the hate he got on social media. But….. he was the statistically worst goalie we’ve had looking at save percentage and goals saved above expected.
Brian Elliot