Washington Capitals: Metropolitan Division Goalie Power Rankings
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The Washington Capitals have a pretty good starting goaltender in Braden Holtby. Not only that, the Washington Capitals have a solid backup in Philipp Grubauer. Should the need arise, they will have Dan Ellis, a serviceable NHL goaltender, in Hershey. How do the Washington Capitals goaltenders rank in comparison to the rest of the Metropolitan Division?
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The rest of the Metropolitan Division has some pretty good goaltenders too. The Pittsburgh Penguins have Marc-Andre Fleury and a plethora of younger options to go with as their backup. The Flyers have an interesting tandem consisting of two largely unproven goalies in Steve Mason and Michal Neuvirth. Both have been good for short periods of time, but neither has truly proven that they are good enough (or healthy enough) to handle the everyday rigors.
The Blue Jackets have an extremely talented goaltender who has a Vezina Trophy in Sergei Bobrovsky. However, he has yet to prove himself in the playoffs and he’s coming off an injury-riddled season. Curtis McElhinney will likely serve as his backup. The Rangers have the Washington Capitals true nemesis Henrik Lundqvist and backup goalie Antti Raanta. The New York Islanders have former Washington Capitals goalie Jaroslav Halak to go along with Thomas Greiss as his backup. He should be better than Chad Johnson was last season. The Penguins will have Marc-Andre Fleury and most likely Jeff Zatkoff backing him up.
The New Jersey Devils have an extremely underrated goalie in Cory Schneider and a young backup in Keith Kinkaid. Too bad the rest of their team doesn’t match that talent. The Carolina Hurricanes have new acquisition Eddie Lack to go along with veteran Cam Ward, who won them the Stanley Cup back in 2006.
I will be doing these rankings by team. I will consider many things, including how proven each goaltender is, their stats and how i think they will do this season. I’ll be doing their stats since the beginning of the 2012-2013 lock out shortened season.
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