You really think Bob is the #1 goalie in the sport?
Like seriously, and the only reason the Panthers went to the finals? You must have not watched the Panthers cup run. Giguere in 03 was an example of a goalie that was more or less the only reason a team went to the finals, this was not it.
I personally think its shesterkin but he's not going to say himself is he?
I'm talking last year's run. Yes, I watched the entire playoffs - he was THE
*main and
*biggest reason they made the finals (there I corrected it for you, happy?)
I'm not even sure how this is a debate. If it weren't for him we wouldn't still be meme-ing about the leafs. He absolutely stonewalled them, and then went on to do it again vs Carolina. Both of those teams should have beaten last year's Panthers were it not for Bobrovsky stealing so many games. I'm starting to wonder if you're the one that wasn't watching....that or you're just awful at evaluating goalies.
Who knows how Bobrovsky looks next year and for the remainder of his career, but as of right now he is absolutely among the best. Besides shesterkin, id probably take him 2nd as of today. His movement, skating, positioning, hands, reflexes, rebound control - they are all elite. Why do you think it's absurd to have him in this list? Please don't cite me stats on hockeydb as your only argument....
Bob, Shesty, Vasy, Saros - all beasts. You really can't go wrong with any of them, they are all so close. It just comes down to preference. Coming from shesterkin, having Bob #1 sounds totally fair to me.
Back to my main point tho - I find it laughable that people on the Internet that likely never played any high level hockey, somehow have the audacity to think their player evaluation is miles better than that of an NHL player. An NHL player who studies, plays, practices, trains, lives & breathes the sport for a living. Would love to see an elite NHLer's reaction to that lol you should DM one of them and let me know what he thinks of your opinion