Read thread title. First thought? "Well this should be good for a laugh".
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Originally Posted by albertGQ
How is reigning Vezina trophy winner over rated?
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Because he's had 30something good games in his entire career, outside of which he's been mediocre? Because if he ever plays 65 in a season (as you'd think he will this year), who knows if he can be anywhere near the player he was for that extremely short period of time? Isn't this the same argument people have been making about Corey Schneider? Except Schneider has at least done the ~30 games of excellent play in multiple seasons; Bobrovsky hasn't. Craig Anderson is the same thing; no way he belongs in the top 10 just because he had <30 good games strung together. Play a whole season like that and we'll start talking, play two or three and I'll buy it.
I'd say Crawford is the most overrated on that list. Not a top 10 goalie. Arguably league average, but I'm not convinced he's even that. He's a legitimate starter with clear weaknesses playing behind the best team in the NHL last year (and arguably the best regular season performance by any team in the past, oh, decade or so). He, himself, is not particularly good. For example, if you'd put James Reimer in that spot the result would likely have been more or less the same.
As for Howard, he's overrated on that list and belongs around #10. Which is where most people tend to put him. Consequently he's overrated by ESPN but not by very many other people. Ryan Miller is brutally underrated on that list, Smith and Luongo are too low as well.
I thought Puck Daddy had it about right though I still say Bob needs a full season of top 10 numbers before I'm willing to give him even the #10 spot and Crawford is overrated, as usual.
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