Top 100 Keeper League Goaltenders – September 2021

Dobber

2021-09-21

Here are the Top 100 goaltenders to own in your points-only dynasty leagues – September edition!

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Not a lot has happened in the past month so changes were minimal. I did some adjustments with overall team defense, which is one of the variables I look at. I also shuffled several goalies to different tiers. Tweaks really.

With the season around the corner, I decided to present these differently. I can’t stress enough the importance of tiers. The ranking means so little, and yet that’s the number one thing that gets arguments and criticism! It doesn’t matter if a goalie is ranked 11th or a goalie is ranked 26th – they’re both in Tier 2! They have equal value! Sure, one may be a veteran who could retire after this season while the other is young with a bright future. But the veteran can help this year whereas the youngster is in a shared situation. Same tier, same value in this league format.

To better stress the tiers, I will physically separate them.

Tier 0

The only goalies who are completely safe owns, and elite owns. They’ll give you plenty of wins, fewer losses, and good peripheral stats. They generally don’t get hurt, and are fairly consistent. Yes, this Tier is a small one.

Sep 21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Aug ’21	Tier
1	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	98.2	1	0
2	Connor Hellebuyck	WPG	90.7	2	0

Tier 1

Good goaltenders who are the clear starters for their team. They are generally going to be safe picks, they should give you solid stats, and each one has upside for greatness in the coming seasons.

Sep ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Aug ’21	Tier
3	Juuse Saros	NSH	78.4	3	1
4	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	76.0	4	1
5	Tristan Jarry	PIT	75.3	5	1
6	Jordan Binnington	STL	74.3	6	1
7	Robin Lehner	VGK	68.4	7	1
8	Jacob Markstrom	CGY	65.1	8	1
9	Carey Price	MON	61.9	9	1
10	Darcy Kuemper	COL	59.8	10	1

Tier 2

Either clear-cut number one goalies, but on weaker teams. Or they are in a shared situation right now, but with tremendous upside in the future. Or they are on top teams but have a shaky track record of late. There is some risk here but also some upside.

Sep ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Aug ’21	Tier
11	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	68.9	11	2
12	Frederik Andersen	CAR	68.4	13	2
13	Cal Petersen	LAK	67.5	12	2
14	Cam Talbot	MIN	66.1	14	2
15	Sergei Bobrovsky	FLA	65.8	27	2
16	Carter Hart	PHI	65.7	15	2
17	Mackenzie Blackwood	NJD	60.1	19	2
18	Elvis Merzlikins	CBJ	59.6	16	2
19	John Gibson	ANA	59.6	17	2
20	Thatcher Demko	VAN	59.2	18	2
21	Semyon Varlamov	NYI	56.2	20	2
22	Jack Campbell	TOR	54.5	23	2
23	Ilya Samsonov	WAS	53.6	21	2
24	Philipp Grubauer	SEA	53.4	24	2
25	Linus Ullmark	BOS	52.8	22	2
26	Marc-Andre Fleury	CHI	49.1	25	2

Tier 3

A mix of 1B goalies with upside, fading veterans, or top prospects who are very close to making the jump.

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Sep ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Aug ’21	Tier
27	Jeremy Swayman	BOS	70.1	26	3
28	Spencer Knight	FLA	60.5	28	3
29	Kaapo Kahkonen	MIN	54.4	29	3
30	Chris Driedger	SEA	50.8	32	3
31	Vitek Vanecek	WAS	50.3	30	3
32	Alex Nedeljkovic	DET	50.3	34	3
33	Jake Oettinger	DAL	50.0	31	3
34	Jonathan Bernier	NJD	48.8	35	3
35	Petr Mrazek	TOR	47.0	38	3
36	Tuukka Rask	UFA	46.7	33	3
37	Joonas Korpisalo	CBJ	46.4	36	3
38	Matt Murray	OTT	45.8	37	3
39	Thomas Greiss	DET	41.9	40	3
40	Pavel Francouz	COL	41.4	50	3
41	Anton Khudobin	DAL	41.4	39	3
42	Adin Hill	SJS	36.4	41	3
43	Mike Smith	EDM	35.5	42	3
44	Jake Allen	MON	34.8	43	3
45	Mikko Koskinen	EDM	27.8	44	3

Tier 4

The starting goalies on terrible teams, backup goalies on great teams, some very good prospects who are getting closer – and everything in between. With the right bounces, some of these goalies may become stars. Some will see their last career NHL game this season. Lots of risk here.

Sep ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Aug ’21	Tier
46	Kevin Lankinen	CHI	49.3	45	4
47	Ville Husso	STL	46.8	46	4
48	Martin Jones	PHI	42.0	47	4
49	Alexandar Georgiev	NYR	40.4	48	4
50	Daniel Vladar	CGY	40.4	49	4
51	Yaroslav Askarov	NSH	37.9	51	4
52	Jaroslav Halak	VAN	37.5	53	4
53	Filip Gustavsson	OTT	37.3	54	4
54	Laurent Brossoit	VGK	35.1	55	4
55	Eric Comrie	WPG	32.7	56	4
56	David Rittich	NSH	32.1	57	4
57	Cayden Primeau	MON	30.7	58	4
58	Josef Korenar	ARI	30.7	52	4
59	Casey DeSmith	PIT	29.4	59	4
60	James Reimer	SJS	27.1	60	4
61	Aaron Dell	BUF	26.5	61	4
62	Antti Raanta	CAR	25.8	62	4
63	Ben Bishop	DAL	23.7	63	4
64	Anton Forsberg	OTT	23.3	64	4
65	Jonathan Quick	LAK	15.3	66	4
66	Carter Hutton	ARI	10.9	65	4
67	Brian Elliott	TBL	8.0	67	4
68	Craig Anderson	BUF	3.5	68	4

Tier 5

Mostly prospects here with varying degrees of upside and wait time. As well, there are a few veteran backups sprinkled in there. In the case of the latter, they would need a lot of help and opportunity to do anything for you in your league. In the case of the former, the better their upside the longer their wait time. The prospects here are worth owning in deeper leagues, but the backups are only worth grabbing off the wire if the starter gets hurt.

Sep ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Aug ’21	Tier
69	Daniil Tarasov	CBJ	33.8	70	5
70	Ivan Prosvetov	ARI	29.5	69	5
71	Jesper Wallstedt	MIN	29.4	71	5
72	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	BUF	29.0	72	5
73	Ivan Fedotov	PHI	27.1	73	5
74	Justus Annunen	COL	26.4	74	5
75	Pyotr Kochetkov	CAR	26.2	79	5
76	Joel Hofer	STL	25.2	75	5
77	Michael DiPietro	VAN	24.9	76	5
78	Alex Lyon	CAR	24.2	82	5
79	Jonas Johansson	COL	23.8	77	5
80	Sam Montembeault	FLA	23.6	78	5
81	Joseph Woll	TOR	23.1	83	5
82	Ian Scott	TOR	22.9	84	5
83	Samuel Ersson	PHI	22.6	98	5
84	Anthony Stolarz	ANA	22.2	80	5
85	Keith Petruzzelli	DET	21.8	85	5
86	Collin Delia	CHI	21.6	87	5
87	Alex Stalock	EDM	21.5	81	5
88	Logan Thompson	VGK	20.4	104	5
89	Adam Werner	CGY	20.3	86	5
90	Malcolm Subban	CHI	20.3	91	5
91	Braden Holtby	DAL	19.4	88	5
92	Connor Ingram	NSH	19.1	89	5
93	Lukas Dostal	ANA	19.1	90	5
94	Joey Daccord	SEA	18.7	95	5
95	Mads Sogaard	OTT	18.4	108	5
96	Sebastian Cossa	DET	18.2	94	5
97	Stuart Skinner	EDM	18.0	92	5
98	Alexei Melnichuk	SJS	17.8	93	5

Tier 6

There are 62 goalies in this tier, consisting of either prospects with longer wait times, or older prospects who are long shots at this point. I won’t list them here, but the six top prospects in this tier are

Eetu Makiniemi, CAR
Hugo Alnefelt, TBL
Tyler Wall, NYR
Jakub Skarek, NYI
Kirill Ustimenko, PHI
Ilya Konovalov, EDM

UPCOMING GAMES

Nov 13 - 19:11	WSH	vs	TOR
Nov 13 - 19:11	PIT	vs	DET
Nov 13 - 21:11	UTA	vs	CAR
Nov 13 - 22:11	ANA	vs	VGK
Nov 13 - 22:11	COL	vs	L.A