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Ranking The Starting Goalies

09/14/2019 at 1:51pm EDT

from Sam McCaig of The Hockey News,

It’s the most important position in sports – which, surely, makes this the most important ranking in sports. OK, maybe not, but here’s how the NHL’s 31 projected starting netminders stack up as teams head into training camp for the 2019-20 season:

31. Joonas Korpisalo, Columbus Blue Jackets: Hey, somebody’s gotta come in last on these things. With Bobrovsky off to Florida, incumbent backup Korpisalo gets the first crack at the No. 1 job in Columbus, with Lithuanian-born Elvis Merzlikins coming over from the Swiss League to challenge.

30. Carter Hutton, Buffalo Sabres: The Sabres turned their crease over to a 30-something journeyman who was neither the cause of, or solution to, all of the franchise’s problems.

the other 29...

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