Comments for Top 20 Western Conference Fantasy Goalies - Part 3 at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:45:34 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/amato/4939-top-20-western-conference-fantasy-goalies-part-3#comment-22749 He certainly would be top 20 in the East, more like top 10. My column is strictly Western Conference. Hence the reason why I left him off - Michael Amato Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:00:18 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/amato/4939-top-20-western-conference-fantasy-goalies-part-3#comment-22744 And if he is traded to an eastern conference team, he won't be top 20? I don't see him dropping below 20, even on NYI, Toronto... Wherever. - austeane Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:29:35 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/amato/4939-top-20-western-conference-fantasy-goalies-part-3#comment-22743 @austeane Should have made this a little clearer. He is not on the list because it's my feeling he isn't going to play with the Canucks. I believe he gets moved to an Eastern conference team, or he sits out waiting to be traded. Based on his skill set and abilities he would easily be in the top 10. - Michael Amato Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:20:20 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/amato/4939-top-20-western-conference-fantasy-goalies-part-3#comment-22740 I'd rank them (best to worst): Kipper Niemi Lehtonen Howard Crawford Detroit has been trending in the wrong direction in SOGA (shots on goal against) over the last 5 years and it will only get worse without Lidstrom & Brad Stuart gone too. I'm not touching Howard in any leagues this year. With Lehtonen, you note that they've add Roy, Whitney, and Jagr. OK, but what about the players they lost? Steve Ott is one of the more unheralded two-way players in the game, always doing really well in his defensive end with FOW & aggression as a net-front presence. Roy vs. Ribeiro is pretty lateral, but even Ribs is a more aggresive defensive center than little Roy. And the team lost their top +/- defensemen in the big Sheldon Souray. OUT: Ott, Ribeiro, Souray. That's 3 of their top 7 +/- players from last year. Jagr, Whitney, and Roy are on the far end of the defensively-sound spectrum. It's possible that Dallas WIN totals go up a few, but I'd bet that Lehtonen's 2.33 GAA & .922 SV% will be worse than last year. - Pengwin7 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:07:02 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/amato/4939-top-20-western-conference-fantasy-goalies-part-3#comment-22738 I would be willing to bet that, with the possible exception of Brodeur, Luongo has been the most consistent fantasy goalie of the past decade, at least of the past 6 years or so. I don't see how he could be left of the list... A below average 9.15 and 2.3 GAA season for him should put him at the later end of the top 10, even if he only gets 40-45 starts (can you really see him getting less than that?). I personally think he will be a top 3 fantasy goalie this year... Call it the Thomas syndrome. Gets displaced by talented younger goalie, comes back year after with record breaking season. I really don't get that decision. - austeane Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:14:25 +0100