Miikka Kiprusoff vs Jonathan Quick

[Boreal01]

Who was the better goaltender in their prime

 

[Summer Rose]

This one's a little tough for me. I voted "too close to call" even though upon thinking about it afterwards, I should have voted for Quick, but the poll doesn't allow for changing your vote. I'm also operating under the assumption that there's a nuanced difference between "peak" and "prime." By how I understand they're generally used, "peak" can be a single season, but "prime" by definition means something in the neighborhood of 5 years. Operating under those definitions, my opinion is that Quick had a better prime. Their peaks are comparable, though Quick's peak (2012) resulted in a cup win.

 

[Boreal01]

This one's a little tough for me. I voted "too close to call" even though upon thinking about it afterwards, I should have voted for Quick, but the poll doesn't allow for changing your vote. I'm also operating under the assumption that there's a nuanced difference between "peak" and "prime." By how I understand they're generally used, "peak" can be a single season, but "prime" by definition means something in the neighborhood of 5 years. Operating under those definitions, my opinion is that Quick had a better prime. Their peaks are comparable, though Quick's peak (2012) resulted in a cup win.

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[Paper]

Their peaks are comparable, though Quick's peak (2012) resulted in a cup win.

Same with Kiprusoff's peak (2004) though. :p

Bias-ly voting Kiprusoff, but probably too close to call would be fair vote.

 

[Summer Rose]

Same with Kiprusoff's peak (2004) though. :p

Bias-ly voting Kiprusoff, but probably too close to call would be fair vote.

It was probably in, but the on-ice ruling was no goal and the video evidence was not sufficient to call it a goal. Them's the breaks.

Was rooting for Calgary that year, but ended up missing games 6 and 7 because I went on a trip overseas. Now I'm married to a Bolts fan.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Kiprusoff had less support so I'd say him.

 

[authentic]

Two of the best. Almost voted too close to call but decided on Quick.

 

[Regal]

This is pretty close for me. Their peak playoff runs and seasons are similar and both had a few other high end years with some only ok seasons mixed in. I’d say Quick had the better career with a longer run of games outside of his prime, and more playoff runs beyond just his best, but in terms of just prime I’d say it’s basically a pick-em. I also think just from watching as a fan of an opposing team who played them both a lot, Quick felt more unbeatable when he was on. I’d give him the edge by a hair

 

[Foppberg]

Kipper.

 

[Coffee]

Two of the most exciting goalies in the last 25 years.

Went with the most exciting, Kipper

 

[Felidae]

Miika Kiprusoff

Sv% finished
2003-04 NHL .933 (2nd)
2005-06 NHL .923 (3rd)
2006-07 NHL .917 (9th)
2009-10 NHL .920 (10th)
2011-12 NHL .921 (9th)

GSAA
2003-04 NHL 21 (5th)
2005-06 NHL 42 (1st)
2006-07 NHL 27 (3rd)
2009-10 NHL 18 (9th)
2011-12 NHL 14 (8th)

GP
2005-06 NHL 74 (2nd)
2006-07 NHL 74 (3rd)
2007-08 NHL 76 (3rd)
2008-09 NHL 76 (1st)
2009-10 NHL 73 (2nd)
2010-11 NHL 71 (3rd)
2011-12 NHL 70 (3rd)

Shots against
2005-06 NHL 1951 (5th)
2006-07 NHL 2190 (1st)
2007-08 NHL 2096 (3rd)
2008-09 NHL 2155 (1st)
2009-10 NHL 2035 (6th)
2010-11 NHL 1935 (7th)
2011-12 NHL 2040 (4th)



Jonathan Quick

Sv%
2011-12 NHL .929 (5th)

GSAA
2011-12 NHL 28 (3rd)
2017-18 NHL 17 (8th)

GP
2009-10 NHL 72 (4th)
2011-12 NHL 69 (4th)
2014-15 NHL 72 (2nd)
2015-16 NHL 68 (1st)
2017-18 NHL 64 (6th)

Shots against
2009-10 NHL 1927 (9th)
2011-12 NHL 1863 (10th)
2014-15 NHL 1896 (6th)
2015-16 NHL 1820 (5th)
2017-18 NHL 1867 (8th)


Not only did Kiprusoff have better stats that come closest to representing individual play, but he had the consistently harder workload year to year. Playing more games, facing more shots and doing it on generally worse teams. I don't really think this is all that close other than when comparing their best peak season.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...Kipper all day and twice on Sunday...

 

[centipede2233]

Kipper for me. He played on an inferior team. Here’s calgarys cup run roster.

Also has 7 consecutive 70 gp+ seasons

 

[Voight]

I really like Quick, but he never had a stretch like Kipper from 2004-2007 (top 3 Vezina voting every year; 1 win) or even 2004-2010 (top 8 in Vezina voting every year.)

 

[psycat]

Kipper but both are in the same tier that being the second, or third, tier of goalies(which is not a slight at all).

 

[banks]

Kipper for me. He played on an inferior team. Here’s calgarys cup run roster.

Also has 7 consecutive 70 gp+ seasons

I say Kipper for the same reasons. But you explained it a whole lot better than I was going to. That CGY roster is pretty uninspiring. Getting that group to go deep is impressive, and with better support Kipper would have won Cups in CGY.

But the 7 consecutive 70+GP seasons is the real shocker here. Today "workhorse" goalies play 60 or 65. Playing that many games is a big deal.

For comparison, Quick played 70+ games twice, and was close 2 other times. Those 4 were not consecutive.

 

[authentic]

Kipper but both are in the same tier that being the second, or third, tier of goalies(which is not a slight at all).

I would say at least 2nd for both of them, but it’s been a while since I’ve gone over all the best all-time goalies

 

[Mobiandi]

Kiprusoff is the best goalie of the 00s decade. Not many other goalies are better than him, and Quick is not one

 

[Regal]

Kiprusoff is the best goalie of the 00s decade. Not many other goalies are better than him, and Quick is not one

Pretty sure that’s the guy with 4 Vezinas in the decade