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

The season has begun and there are already a few changes in goalie values (which, as you know) have been akin to a yo-yo these past few years. It’s important to group the goalies into tiers based on their odds of providing consistent value, while balancing their odds of jumping up or down a tier over the next two years. Click any name to be taken to his fantasy hockey profile.

Below are the first three tiers. I posted the an additional two tiers over at Goalie Post here (as well as a few bonus names to watch). Yes – Goalie Post is back and providing you with a 16th season of starting goalie information – FREE. Including email notifications if you want 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.

Oct ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Sep ’21	Tier
1	Andrei Vasilevskiy	TBL	94.6	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.

Oct ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Sep ’21	Tier
3	Juuse Saros	NSH	78.4	3	1
4	Igor Shesterkin	NYR	76.9	4	1
5	Tristan Jarry	PIT	75.3	5	1
6	Jordan Binnington	STL	74.8	6	1
7	Elvis Merzlikins	CBJ	72.9	18	1
8	Frederik Andersen	CAR	72.2	12	1
9	Sergei Bobrovsky	FLA	69.2	15	1
10	Robin Lehner	VGK	68.8	7	1
11	Jacob Markstrom	CGY	65.9	8	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.

Oct ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Sep ’21	Tier
12	Ilya Sorokin	NYI	71.4	11	2
13	Cam Talbot	MIN	67.9	14	2
14	Cal Petersen	LAK	67.5	13	2
15	Carter Hart	PHI	65.7	16	2
16	Thatcher Demko	VAN	59.6	20	2
17	John Gibson	ANA	59.6	19	2
18	Carey Price	MON	57.0	9	2
19	Mackenzie Blackwood	NJD	56.1	17	2
20	Darcy Kuemper	COL	55.8	10	2
21	Semyon Varlamov	NYI	55.2	21	2
22	Jack Campbell	TOR	54.5	22	2
23	Linus Ullmark	BOS	52.8	25	2
24	Ilya Samsonov	WAS	51.1	23	2
25	Marc-Andre Fleury	CHI	48.2	26	2
26	Mikko Koskinen	EDM	46.8	45	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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Oct ’21	Goalie	Team	Rating	Sep ’21	Tier
27	Jeremy Swayman	BOS	70.1	27	3
28	Spencer Knight	FLA	60.0	28	3
29	Vitek Vanecek	WAS	53.3	31	3
30	Alex Nedeljkovic	DET	50.3	32	3
31	Jonathan Bernier	NJD	50.3	34	3
32	Petr Mrazek	TOR	47.0	35	3
33	Kaapo Kahkonen	MIN	46.9	29	3
34	Tuukka Rask	UFA	46.7	36	3
35	Jake Oettinger	DAL	46.2	33	3
36	Matt Murray	OTT	45.8	38	3
37	Philipp Grubauer	SEA	44.4	24	3
38	Thomas Greiss	DET	41.9	39	3
39	Anton Khudobin	DAL	40.4	41	3
40	Adin Hill	SJS	38.9	42	3
41	Joonas Korpisalo	CBJ	37.7	37	3
42	Pavel Francouz	COL	37.5	40	3
43	Jake Allen	MON	35.9	44	3
44	Mike Smith	EDM	31.8	43	3

Check out Tiers 4, 5 and a few from Tier 6 over at Goalie Post here.

UPCOMING GAMES

Dec 22 - 12:12	NYR	vs	CAR
Dec 22 - 17:12	T.B	vs	FLA
Dec 22 - 17:12	UTA	vs	ANA
Dec 22 - 17:12	WSH	vs	L.A
Dec 22 - 20:12	EDM	vs	OTT
Dec 22 - 20:12	COL	vs	SEA