Price, Ward and Rask. Keep 2

[JimmyJames]

Ok so my dilemma going into the draft this season is which goalies I should protect. I have the choice of Price, Ward or Rask-wtf do I do?

Goalie stats: W 10 pts, SO 3 pts, Shootout loss 3 pts, GA -1 pt, Save .2 pt

[Seeds of Grapes]

If Rask starts, Price and Rask. Not even a close call.

[Jacoobaz]

I'd go with Price Ward - proven vs Rask...

[zorks1239]

I as well will choose price and ward. Perhaps Canada's 1-2 at 2014 Olympics.

[andrewklassen]

I don't see how you can take Rask over either of the other 2. They're all young so even in raw keeper value they're basically a wash.

Ward had 564.2 points last year. Price had 495.8 in an abysmal year for MTL [in 10/11 Price put up 653.4 points]. We don't have a full season from Rask, but let's suppose he equals what Thomas did this year...541.4.

Here's my thing given your stats. Goalies that play 65+ games are going to be golden b/c they will earn more points via W/OTL/SO [losses don't hurt] and the points accumulated for additional saves will far outweigh the extra GA. For example, this past year Thomas only gave up 132 GA [again this is a potential Rask comparable] while Ward gave up 182 [Ward had an additional -50]. However Thomas' points from SV were 305.4 while Ward's were 392.2. Ward made up this gap by leaps and bounds.

Rask is unproven as a #1, has shown injury-prone tendencies, and BOS doesn't tend to play their G more than 55-60. Price is a workhorse and Ward has played 68 or more games in 4 of the last 5 years. Best case scenario Rask is going to be equal or a mildly better option in BOS [and that's assuming close to 60 GP].

The smart money is on the proven studs who are going to eat up a lot of starts and post you a lot of points...give me PRICE and WARD.

[Carcillo]

I'd go with Price and Rask.

Price is the best goalie of the bunch so keeping him is a no-brainer for me. Ward is more proven than Rask but with the news of Thomas taking a year off means that Rask will be undisputed #1 for the Bruins starting next year. Boston is a lot better team than Carolina and Rask is equally if not more talented than Ward, so I'd have no issues taking him over Ward.

[Shoeless]

I don't see how you can take Rask over either of the other 2. They're all young so even in raw keeper value they're basically a wash.

Ward had 564.2 points last year. Price had 495.8 in an abysmal year for MTL [in 10/11 Price put up 653.4 points]. We don't have a full season from Rask, but let's suppose he equals what Thomas did this year...541.4.

Here's my thing given your stats. Goalies that play 65+ games are going to be golden b/c they will earn more points via W/OTL/SO [losses don't hurt] and the points accumulated for additional saves will far outweigh the extra GA. For example, this past year Thomas only gave up 132 GA [again this is a potential Rask comparable] while Ward gave up 182 [Ward had an additional -50]. However Thomas' points from SV were 305.4 while Ward's were 392.2. Ward made up this gap by leaps and bounds.

Rask is unproven as a #1, has shown injury-prone tendencies, and BOS doesn't tend to play their G more than 55-60. Price is a workhorse and Ward has played 68 or more games in 4 of the last 5 years. Best case scenario Rask is going to be equal or a mildly better option in BOS [and that's assuming close to 60 GP].

The smart money is on the proven studs who are going to eat up a lot of starts and post you a lot of points...give me PRICE and WARD.

Very nice analysis and one I wholly support.

[Loutzenheiser]

Hold on here, we've seen Rask as a starter in the past, taking the job from Thomas no less, on a Bruins team that was not as good as this one and he showed up with these stats: 45 GP, 22W, 5SO, 1.97GAA, .931SP.

If there is any chance he plays 60 games, and with Thomas' hiatus, there certainly is, the potential for something similar to these stats can't be ignored. He'd be worth more than Ward or Price.

Given Michel Therrien's defensive tendencies, you also have to think Price's stats will improve from last year. With Ward, how much improvement would you get from last year? I think he's third on this list.

Personally, I'd gamble on Rask and Price IF Rask is the starter

[dyzfunctioned]

Price and Ward for me, easy call.

[sharpp87]

Oddly, I consider Price the best goalie of the 3, but I would still take Ward and Rask. reason: I believe Montreal will be a bottom 5 team for the foreseeable future. Boston will be a top 10 team while Carolina should be somewhere between 13 and 16.

LOL Montreal bottom 5 team and Carolina 13-16 ??? have you smoke some serious things to say that ?

[blayze]

In leagues like this, it's all about volume and less about quality of the team/goalie.

You want the 70+ game workhorses cause they'll pile up a decent amount of wins and they'll also see a ton of rubber so the saves will accumulate. His league puts very little weighting on ratios (small penalty for GA), so you want guys like Price, Ward, Quick, Hiller, etc.

If this were a league that had the standard W/GAA/SV%/SO format, then my answer would be diff, but given the OP's settings, it's Price and Ward easily.

[jhonny]

What a wonderful dilemma to have!

I'm with Blayze and quite a few others on this one... Price and Ward, but I won't lose any sleep taking any two of this three...all three are studs.

Plus the reason TT only got 55 starts is because they had Rask... Rask without TT means they run 60-65 with Rask easily.

I also think both Price and Ward will have more success this year than last.

You can't lose.

[JimmyJames]

So is the consensus still saying Price and Ward?

Shit...I am torn

[Shoeless]

I wonder if Ward and Rask aren't the right call now?

[Pengwin7]

With Wins at 10pts... I'm going Rask & Ward.
Montreal is awful, I'm not touching Price in any league this year.