Dr John Carlson
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- Eligibility
- Any person who spent the majority of his career playing as a goaltender is eligible
- Players will be judged only on their accomplishments as hockey players
- Players currently active are eligible, but should be ranked based only on what they've already done
- Preliminary Discussion
- Anyone may participate in this thread, even if they do not plan on taking part in the voting phase
- Any goaltender may be discussed - no matter when or where they played, or for how long
- Posters are encouraged to share information about goaltenders in this thread and to take information shared into account when constructing their own lists
- Brief comparisons between players are permitted, but detailed cases and debates should be saved for Round 2 of voting
- Please do NOT rank players outright in the preliminary thread
- Voting
- Round 1
- All participants submit a list of 80 goaltenders ranked in order
- All eras MUST be considered, and consideration should be given to both NHL and non-NHL players
- To make it easier to aggregate the submitted lists, please list players using their most commonly used name; e.g. Terry Sawchuk, not Terrance Gordon Sawchuk; Gump Worsley, not Lorne Worsley
- Lists must be submitted via pm to @Dr John Carlson
- Deadline to submit lists is September 20
- Players will be assigned a point value on the list based on ranking
- Players will be awarded 80 points for a 1st place vote down to 1 point for an 80th place vote
- An aggregate list of the top goaltenders will be compiled, ranking them in order of the most total points
- Participants MUST submit a list in Round 1 to be eligible for Round 2
- Round 2
- The top 10 ranked players from the aggregate list will be posted in a thread
- Players will be listed in alphabetical order to avoid creating bias
- Player merits and rankings will be open for discussion and debate for a period of five (5) days. Administrators may extend the discussion period if it remains active
- Final voting will occur for two (2) days, by PM. A 1st-place vote is equal to 10 points. A 2nd-place vote is equal to 9 points. A 10th-place vote is equal to 1 point. Unranked players receive 0 points
- Top 5 players will be added to the list - this number is flexible in extreme cases of large gaps or small margins between players
- Final results will be posted and the process repeated for the next 5 places with remaining players until a list of 60 goaltenders is obtained
- The number of players available for discussion at once may increase from 10 as we move down the list, depending on the closeness of the aggregate list put together in Round 1, or proximity to the end of the project
- Anyone may participate in these threads, but voting is reserved only for those who submitted lists in Round 1
- Round 1
- Quality Assurance
- Lists will be subject to an evaluation process
- This is not meant to deter participation; we merely want to ensure that voters are considering all eras and the complete geography of hockey's history
- The complete voting record of every participant will be released at the end of the project
- The submitter of a questionable list will be given an opportunity to defend or justify any selection under question or to correct errors and resubmit
- Useful Resources
- To help with the potentially daunting task of assembling 80 goaltenders onto one list, the following HFBoards-related resources can be considered starting points:
- The 2012 edition of the project
- All Time Draft biographies (sorted by era, then by position)
- Historical goalie data
- International goalie data and awards
- Pre-1950 goalie research
- Adjusted save percentage (1956-2022)
- Adjusted playoff save percentage (1984-2022)
- The Hockey News's Top 100 Goaltenders (2018)
- Any suggestions for additions to the above list are welcome
- To help with the potentially daunting task of assembling 80 goaltenders onto one list, the following HFBoards-related resources can be considered starting points:
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