In retrospect, how good of a goalie was Brian Elliott?

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Brian Elliott ended his career with a 279-167-54 record, 2.57 GAA and .910 Sv%.

His most notable accomplishment was posting a 23-10-4 record with a 1.56 GAA and .940 Sv% in 2011-2012 with the Blues. (Although imho his best season was in 2015-2016, also his last season with the Blues, and the last season he posted good numbers).

Elliott's playoff stats were: 17-26, 2.72 GAA and .904 Sv%.

How would you rank Elliott overall?

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[tarheelhockey]

I thought of him in the same vein as a Craig Anderson. Not top tier goalies, but hung around in the league a long time as a solid option and occasionally went on a heater where they could hold their own against the best.

 

[Jumptheshark]

He had a good career but he was an average goalie

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

I thought of him in the same vein as a Craig Anderson. Not top tier goalies, but hung around in the league a long time as a solid option and occasionally went on a heater where they could hold their own against the best.

Craig Anderson never truly played for a strong team though and has constantly stepped up in the playoffs. Anderson in 2011 and 2012 singlehandily gave his lower seed team a chance to upset a top seed. Whereas even with the Blues, outside of a great 2016 playoffs, Elliott always shat the bed. Elliott was awful outside of the Blues in the playoffs.

 

[NyQuil]

I like Brian Elliott but Craig Anderson was much better.

He provided stability at a position that traditionally was extremely chaotic in Ottawa and outduelled some very good goalies in the post-season such as Carey Price.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Craig Anderson never truly played for a strong team though and has constantly stepped up in the playoffs. Anderson in 2011 and 2012 singlehandily gave his lower seed team a chance to upset a top seed. Whereas even with the Blues, outside of a great 2016 playoffs, Elliott always shat the bed. Elliott was awful outside of the Blues in the playoffs.

I like Brian Elliott but Craig Anderson was much better.

He provided stability at a position that traditionally was extremely chaotic in Ottawa and outduelled some very good goalies in the post-season such as Carey Price.

I agree that Andersen was the better and more stable goalie, just saying think of them in similar terms as far as their place in the league.

 

[AvroArrow]

Good goalie, very reliable starter. He had that 1 elite year but overall good, you knew exactly what you were getting with him.

 

[Xspyrit]

Voted "Average goalie that depended a lot on his team"

And it's not a negative, you have to be extremely good to be an average NHL goalie... There's only ~70 jobs like that

I thought of him in the same vein as a Craig Anderson. Not top tier goalies, but hung around in the league a long time as a solid option and occasionally went on a heater where they could hold their own against the best.

I watched them both play a lot of NHL games and Craig Anderson was easily in a tier above.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

retrospect changed nothing for me. I always thought he was an average goalie.

Every goalie that played in St. Louis during that time had success there and almost no where else.

 

[Stephen]

Plus minus Jake Allen.

 

[vancityluongo]

low tier starter, or a good 1B guy

depends what constitutes "average" in the poll. if we classify it as a bottom end starter in the league at any given point, i think he was below that for most of his career

if its that there's 60 goalie positions in the league (while he played), he's on the better half of the 20 to 40 range.

 

[BB79]

I think I'll vote good goalie, he's in that area between average and good. I don't know if I'd want him as #1 but if he's your #2 you're probably in really good shape in goal.