Starting goalies with the best and worst rebound control?

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Rebound control is a very underrated aspect of hockey, and is actually more important than people think. Who is the best rebound controller in the NHL? I'd say Pekka Rinne. Eye test alone confirms it, but there was an article about the quality of rebounds and the puck frozen percentage of all goalies from 2009-2010 to 2014-2015 and Rinne was the best goalie in both categories in every season except the lockout season (And he was number 2 then so yeah).

Since Pavelec is no longer a starter, I can't really decide who has the worst, but when he was a starter he easily wins worst rebound control.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Rebound control is a very underrated aspect of hockey, and is actually more important than people think. Who is the best rebound controller in the NHL? I'd say Pekka Rinne. Eye test alone confirms it, but there was an article about the quality of rebounds and the puck frozen percentage of all goalies from 2009-2010 to 2014-2015 and Rinne was the best goalie in both categories in every season except the lockout season (And he was number 2 then so yeah).

Since Pavelec is no longer a starter, I can't really decide who has the worst, but when he was a starter he easily wins worst rebound control.

Is puck frozen percentage a good gauge of good rebound control? Isn't it better to direct rebounds in a positive way so that you don't have a faceoff in your own zone?

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Is puck frozen percentage a good gauge of good rebound control? Isn't it better to direct rebounds in a positive way so that you don't have a faceoff in your own zone?

Both are important, while directing rebounds in a positive way is good, sometimes it can be difficult, and could lead to far more chances against your team, so freezing it would be wiser. Rinne is on the top tier in both, while Pavelec was god awful in both.

 

[PlusMinusZero]

Answer to that worst is Scott Darling.But Rask also gives juicy rebounds sometimes.

 

[The S5]

Answer to that worst is Scott Darling.But Rask also gives juicy rebounds sometimes.

Must be hard for Darling to give up juicy rebounds when he lets most first shots in.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

Vasilevskiy gives up a lot. Not as many as he did earlier in his career though.

 

[valet]

all of buffalo's goalies have the worst rebound control

 

[RI.B FAN]

Reimer is a rebound machine

 

[Kamiccolo]

Andersen has to be in the top 3 without actually looking at the stats. He absorbs nearly everything like some kind of puck cyborg.

 

[aqsw]

I love my Helle, his rebound control is phenominal.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Andersen has to be in the top 3 without actually looking at the stats. He absorbs nearly everything like some kind of puck cyborg.

He's been like that since the Anaheim days.

 

[GodEmperor]

Andersen has to be in the top 3 without actually looking at the stats. He absorbs nearly everything like some kind of puck cyborg.

Yeah I can't really recall him getting beat by "bad rebounds," the shots that beat him are either passes across or shots.

 

[Tryamw]

Must be hard for Darling to give up juicy rebounds when he lets most first shots in.

Pure Unadulterated Talent. BTW no one should let their children watch... Way to Adult for them....

 

[TheBluePenguin]

I wish Jake Allen would give up rebounds.... That would mean he actually stopped the initial shot

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

dis mans

 

[Thrive]

Rebound control has consistently been one of Rask’s weakest aspects since his entry into the league.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Bump

Just found this thread, shows the amount of rebounds you'd expect a goalie to give up, versus how much they actually do (And this is overall rebounds, not rebound shots). Elliott is poor in this regard,while Rinne and Jones are excellent.

 

[SherVaughn30]

Holtby's rebound control has been one of the more consistent at the top than most goalies. Since he doesn't play a pure butterfly style like the majority of goalies do, his positional play allows him to control his rebounds better. You might ask well why is his GAA been up the last 2 years, and that's because the Caps give up more high danger chances then a lot of other teams.

 

[Vachon23]

Price is really good in this to ! Especially when he is on top of his game

 

[W75]

Must be hard for Darling to give up juicy rebounds when he lets most first shots in.