In retrospect, how good of a goalie was Steve Mason?

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Steve Mason started out his career very strong with a good albeit not great rookie season. Then he struggled mightily until he was traded to the Flyers where he actually posted good numbers until his final season. He plays one last season with the jets in a backup role in which he was just okay.

How'd you rate his career?

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[Dead Coyote]

He was a good or potentially elite goalie who was better than the teams he played for.

 

[Shark Finn]

You said it - good.

 

[Bard Marchand]

Steve Mason Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Salary, Title | Hockey-Reference.com

Did not realize until I looked it up that he was drafted 69th overall. Nice.

I forgot how good his overall numbers were for his career. I kinda have a vague memory of him letting in bad goals though.

 

[Albatros]

Mostly good, but he had some inexcusably weak seasons if you look at what his less-than-stellar backups could do.

 

[Michael Farkas]

Very flawed, blocking style. Mostly a product of DPE 2.0. Most of the goalie population was wiped out by the rule changes from 2005. Only the super adaptable and elites survived, so there was a wave of gimmicky guys, journeymen, fly-by-night types during this time...

 

[amnesiac]

Was bad on a bad team CLB, and good on a good team PHI

 

[PullHard]

Pretty good goalie. He played in a pretty low scoring era compared to current goalies.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

He was 'ight.

 

[JaegerDice]

Good, not great.

 

[Hisch13r]

He was a goalie who was either very good or very bad. Rarely did he even land in the middle.

 

[Rorschach]

There was a time early in his career in Columbus where his rookie cards went from $1.00 to $100.

 

[Pablo El Perro]

He had some peaks and valleys, but better than most throughout his career. Good but far from great, if that makes sense.

 

[ViD]

Was bad on a bad team CLB, and good on a good team PHI

He won Calder in Columbus

 

[Albatros]

Columbus wasn't a bad team that year though, fine depth and nasty to play against with many good defensive players under Hitchcock. The rest of his time there he was between below average and awful.

 

[biturbo19]

He was a goalie who was either very good or very bad. Rarely did he even land in the middle.

This is how i'd describe him. He had some very good moments, but a lot of very bad ones as well. Which, when it comes to a starting goaltender...those kind of peaks and valleys are "bad" overall. Hard to rely on.

So i'd say "bad" on balance. Even if he had plenty of good stretches.

 

[DRW895]

Remember only this Mason, sorry

 

[mattihp]

My answer would be all of the above

 

[amnesiac]

He won Calder in Columbus

after that

 

[Caps8112]

I know he had a better career than this but when his name comes up I instantly remember the playoff goal he allowed from parking lot.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Pascal Leclaire had a .919 Sv% and a 2.28 GAA the year before.

He won Calder in Columbus

 

[banks]

"Good" is "average" isn't it? I mean, most NHL players are good. If you take the top players and the worst players, won't the good ones be somewhere in the middle?

I said good, because I figure a quasi starter for about a 10 year career is probably good for his time.