The top 50 prospect goaltenders to own in keeper leagues – spring, 2018 edition

I don't use the same formulas and variables used in the regular top goalie list (out Tuesday) – more emphasis should be on upside here and less emphasis on team strength (because – who knows how strong/weak the team will be by the time the prospect arrives?), and with prospects the 'ideal age' to own them should be different than the ideal age to own an established goalie. I'm also still struggling a little with the balance between a young backup goalie with a lower ceiling but is "in the show now" versus the unproven 19-year-old who has elite upside but is four years away from getting a sniff. The results:

Mar	Goalie	Team	Rating	OCT	Tier
1	Tristan Jarry	PIT	65.0	8	4
2	Malcolm Subban	VGK	60.6	5	4
3	Juuse Saros	NSH	57.6	1	3
4	Charlie Lindgren	MON	50.6	21	4
5	David Rittich	CGY	46.6	50	3
6	Laurent Brossoit	EDM	41.7	2	4
7	Joonas Korpisalo	CBJ	40.5	4	4
8	Anton Forsberg	CHI	39.3	3	4
9	Thatcher Demko	VAN	32.0	7	4
10	Linus Ullmark	BUF	31.2	13	4
11	Scott Wedgewood	LAK	30.9	41	4
12	Alexandar Georgiev	NYR	30.4	NR	5
13	Jon Gillies	CGY	30.2	6	4
14	Eric Comrie	WPG	29.5	9	4
15	Calvin Pickard	TOR	29.2	Grad	5
16	Pheonix Copley	WAS	24.7	10	5
17	Ville Husso	STL	22.8	15	4
18	Ilya Samsonov	WAS	22.3	17	4
19	Garret Sparks	TOR	22.0	64	5
20	Adin Hill	ARI	21.8	14	5
21	Filip Gustavsson	OTT	21.3	43	4
22	Cal Petersen	LAK	21.2	26	5
23	Chris Gibson	NYI	21.0	101	5
24	Anthony Stolarz	PHI	20.6	19	5
25	Alex Lyon	PHI	19.7	24	5
26	Elvis Merzlikins	CBJ	18.9	16	5
27	Linus Soderstrom	NYI	18.8	23	5
28	J-F Berube	CHI	18.6	28	4
29	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	18.4	22	5
30	Carter Hart	PHI	17.5	29	5
31	Pavel Francouz	UFA	17.3	NR	5
32	Zane McIntyre	BOS	17.0	11	5
33	Jared Coreau	DET	16.6	20	4
34	Kasmir Kaskisuo	TOR	15.0	25	6
35	Marcus Hogberg	OTT	14.8	12	6
36	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	14.8	27	6
37	Chris Nell	NYR	14.1	18	5
38	Spencer Martin	COL	13.7	34	6
39	Alex Nedeljkovic	CAR	13.1	31	6
40	Felix Sandstrom	PHI	12.4	33	5
41	Samuel Montembeault	FLA	11.3	36	5
42	Colton Point	DAL	11.1	84	5
43	Daniel Vladar	BOS	10.8	39	5
44	Jack Campbell	LAK	10.7	77	6
45	Gilles Senn	NJD	10.7	96	5
46	Tyler Parsons	CGY	10.5	35	5
47	Jake Oettinger	DAL	10.0	30	5
48	Joseph Woll	TOR	9.3	72	6
49	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	9.1	38	5
50	Vitek Vanecek	WAS	8.0	40	6

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6 Comments

Marc-Olivier Fortier 2018-03-20 at 07:37Log in to Reply

Is Oscar Dansk anywhere in your top 100?
- Dobber 2018-03-20 at 11:46Log in to Reply
  
  he should be. I missed him. I had taken him off last year when it was ‘clear’ that he was a bust without a team anymore. Oops! Thanks for catching it and letting me know
  - Marc-Olivier Fortier 2018-03-20 at 13:47Log in to Reply
    
    Yeah, I think everyone in the world had forgotten about him. I originally drafted him in a keeper in 2012, dropped him a few years later only to pick him up on waivers this year. Just out of curiosity, where would he rank roughly on this list? Thx!
    - Dobber 2018-03-20 at 14:18Log in to Reply
      
      I put him in for the next time I do this and he ranked 66th. Really got his opportunity through dumb luck IMO
      - Marc-Olivier Fortier 2018-03-20 at 14:47
        
        Definitely got lucky with Vegas’ injuries, but I think he was always tagged as having a certain degree of raw talent & potential. Some goalies just take longer to put it together I guess.
Roeller McLeityers 2018-05-06 at 17:53Log in to Reply

Why are Stolarz and Lyon ahead of Carter Hart?

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 05 - 19:11	CAR	vs	PHI
Nov 05 - 19:11	MTL	vs	CGY
Nov 05 - 19:11	BUF	vs	OTT
Nov 05 - 19:11	TOR	vs	BOS
Nov 05 - 19:11	NYI	vs	PIT
Nov 05 - 20:11	MIN	vs	L.A
Nov 05 - 20:11	STL	vs	T.B
Nov 05 - 20:11	WPG	vs	UTA
Nov 05 - 21:11	COL	vs	SEA
Nov 05 - 22:11	ANA	vs	VAN
Nov 05 - 22:11	S.J	vs	CBJ