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powderjunkie · 08-27-2022, 04:19 PM

All time is simply impossible to answer. It's a bit more reasonable to identify guys who had a 5+ yr stretch as the 'best in the world':

88-94 = Roy
94-02 = Hasek
02-08 = Brodeur (Kipper certainly in the mix, too)
08-14 = Lundqvist/Luongo
14-18 = Price
18-pres = Vasilevskiy

2005-15 is probably Kipper to Lundqvist with Luongo generally in the mix, probably similar to the mid 90s when Roy/Hasek/Brodeur were all at the height of their powers.

Old timers can probably better fill in going further back, but seems like:

80-88 = Smith/Fuhr/Hextall/Barrasso...my instinct would say that these guys are generally a tier below the post-Brodeur guys, but that's probably not fair. It was simply not a goalie league in the 80s, though nobody seems to have really risen to the top.

70s = Dryden/Esposito/Tretiak
50s & 60s = Plante/Sawchuk (Hall/Bower in the mix, too)

08-27-2022, 04:19 PM	#139
powderjunkie Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2011 Exp:	All time is simply impossible to answer. It's a bit more reasonable to identify guys who had a 5+ yr stretch as the 'best in the world': 88-94 = Roy 94-02 = Hasek 02-08 = Brodeur (Kipper certainly in the mix, too) 08-14 = Lundqvist/Luongo 14-18 = Price 18-pres = Vasilevskiy 2005-15 is probably Kipper to Lundqvist with Luongo generally in the mix, probably similar to the mid 90s when Roy/Hasek/Brodeur were all at the height of their powers. Old timers can probably better fill in going further back, but seems like: 80-88 = Smith/Fuhr/Hextall/Barrasso...my instinct would say that these guys are generally a tier below the post-Brodeur guys, but that's probably not fair. It was simply not a goalie league in the 80s, though nobody seems to have really risen to the top. 70s = Dryden/Esposito/Tretiak 50s & 60s = Plante/Sawchuk (Hall/Bower in the mix, too)