The top 50 prospect goaltenders to own in keeper leagues – fall, 2018 edition (yes, fall is in two weeks but calling it "summer" didn't feel right…)

I don't use the same formulas and variables used in the regular top goalie list – 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. I tweaked the formula further, emphasizing youth and upside even more while playing down the younger backup who is more of a long shot to become a starter.

One thing I noticed when it was done – no prospects drafted this past June cracked the Top 50. And while I never draft a teenaged goaltender in my keeper league (very deep league with 15 teams, full keeper, and approximately 75 goalies owned), I figure many will be curious to see where some of them land. I just don't like waiting so long on goalies when I can often draft one who surprises everyone by becoming a starter in his late 20s (zero wait time). But I digress. Several 18-year-olds made the Top 60 so I included a 'bonus 10' here so you can see them…

As always, and this is important with all my rankings lists… +/- 5.0 rating points the players are equal.

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Sep	Goalie	Team	Rating	Mar	Tier
1	Tristan Jarry	PIT	67.6	1	4
2	Juuse Saros	NSH	64.2	3	3
3	Eric Comrie	WPG	54.2	14	4
4	Linus Ullmark	BUF	53.0	10	4
5	Thatcher Demko	VAN	52.9	9	4
6	Ilya Samsonov	WAS	52.8	18	4
7	Ville Husso	STL	52.3	17	4
8	Filip Gustavsson	OTT	51.7	21	4
9	Carter Hart	PHI	51.4	30	4
10	Malcolm Subban	VGK	50.1	2	4
11	Charlie Lindgren	MON	48.5	4	5
12	Alexandar Georgiev	NYR	47.8	12	4
13	David Rittich	CGY	46.6	5	4
14	Jack Campbell	LAK	45.5	44	5
15	Adin Hill	ARI	45.3	20	4
16	Laurent Brossoit	WPG	43.0	6	5
17	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	42.8	36	5
18	Jon Gillies	CGY	42.4	13	4
19	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	42.3	29	5
20	Joonas Korpisalo	CBJ	40.4	7	4
21	Pheonix Copley	WAS	40.0	16	5
22	Calvin Pickard	TOR	39.6	15	5
23	Linus Soderstrom	NYI	39.6	27	5
24	Cal Petersen	LAK	37.9	22	5
25	Colton Point	DAL	35.5	42	5
26	Pavel Francouz	COL	33.8	31	4
27	Elvis Merzlikins	CBJ	33.5	26	5
28	Garret Sparks	TOR	32.2	19	5
29	Felix Sandstrom	PHI	30.8	40	5
30	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	29.4	49	5
31	Anthony Stolarz	PHI	29.1	24	5
32	Samuel Montembeault	FLA	28.9	41	5
33	Tyler Parsons	CGY	28.0	46	5
34	Jake Oettinger	DAL	27.9	47	5
35	Alex Lyon	PHI	27.8	25	5
36	Alex Nedeljkovic	CAR	27.7	39	6
37	Joseph Woll	TOR	26.8	48	6
38	Ivan Nalimov	CHI	25.8	NR	6
39	Kirill Ustimenko	PHI	25.7	56	6
40	Gilles Senn	NJD	25.6	45	5
41	Kasmir Kaskisuo	TOR	25.3	34	6
42	Eetu Makiniemi	CAR	24.9	53	5
43	Daniel Vladar	BOS	24.3	43	5
44	Marcus Hogberg	OTT	24.0	35	6
45	Michael DiPietro	VAN	23.6	62	5
46	Spencer Martin	COL	21.6	38	6
47	Zane McIntyre	BOS	21.5	32	5
48	Scott Wedgewood	BUF	21.1	11	6
49	Stuart Skinner	EDM	21.1	83	6
50	Matt Villalta	LAK	21.1	72	6
51	Chris Gibson	NYI	20.5	23	5
52	Olivier Rodrigue	EDM	19.9	NR	6
53	Justus Annunen	COL	19.9	NR	6
54	Jonas Johansson	BUF	19.8	66	6
55	Chris Nell	NYR	19.8	37	5
56	Maksim Zhukov	VGK	19.3	55	6
57	Olof Lindbom	NYR	19.2	NR	6
58	Jakub Skarek	NYI	19.2	NR	6
59	Vitek Vanecek	WAS	19.1	50	6
60	Kaapo Kahkonen	MIN	19.0	60	7

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 27 - 19:12	DET	vs	TOR
Dec 27 - 19:12	BUF	vs	CHI
Dec 27 - 19:12	CBJ	vs	BOS
Dec 27 - 19:12	N.J	vs	CAR
Dec 27 - 20:12	DAL	vs	MIN
Dec 27 - 20:12	STL	vs	NSH
Dec 27 - 21:12	UTA	vs	COL
Dec 27 - 22:12	S.J	vs	VGK