Vokoun and both the Washington goalies (Neuvirth and Holtby).

Ah fair point. I totally overlooked that bit.

No love for Brian Elliott?

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I'm not including Luongo/Schneider, Halak/Elliott, Neuvirth/Holtby....just true backups with possible starting upside.

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2. Josh Harding
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Montoya showed he can handle a starter's load at the end of the 2010-11 season with the Isles, going 9-5-5 with 2.39 and .921 sv%. And last season, before his injury he was 6-5-3, 2.46 and .917 %. With the New York Islanders. He's on a one year contract in Winnipeg and will have the chance to showcase himself for a starting shot next season.

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Great point; he is definitely top 3 IMO

For what's it's worth from Shoeless' closet of hunches - Elliott had his day in the sun and now he's done.

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I think of great backups not necessarily as the most talented guys but as guys who play their reduced role well and can come in and carry the load when the starter goes down. Three that come to mind:

Brian Elliott
Johan Hedberg
Scott Clemmensen

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Not a backup technically but I would like to throw a vote for Matt Hackett. With the injury woes of Harding/Backstrom, we've already seen Hackett get some NHL action and I expect more in the future. Backstrom has one year remaining and unless he is lights out this year I don't see him getting extended. Meanwhile, Harding is on one of those cost effective deals where you wouldn't kick yourself if you kept him as the backup.

Now I wouldn't toss Hackett into the top three because he's still not a backup yet and frankly he's far from being a lights out, slam dunk future star between the pipes but he looks really good and the guys ahead look shaky. By the time the Wild are ready to take the reigns of the Northwest Division, Hackett is going to be in the mix to start.

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Great list, I'd add Thomas Greiss to it as well.

He's really starting to come into his own with San Jose.

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+1. He could be the closest to getting the #1 job even ahead of the names in the OP.