Emerging Goalies for 2016-17

[BreadManPanarin]

Here is a list of goalie heights from 2014:

6-foot-7 (1)
Ben Bishop, Tampa Bay Lightning
6-foot-6 (3)
Scott Darling, Chicago Blackhawks
Devan Dubnyk, Arizona Coyotes
Anders Lindback, Dallas Stars

6-foot-5 (3)
Darcy Kuemper, Minnesota Wild
Robin Lehner, Ottawa Senators
Pekka Rinne, Nashville Predators
6-foot-4 (6)
Reto Berra, Colorado Avalanche
Martin Jones, Los Angeles Kings
Eddie Lack, Vancouver Canucks
Kari Lehtonen, Dallas Stars
Steve Mason, Philadelphia Flyers
Mike Smith, Arizona Coyotes
6-foot-3 (9)
Frederik Andersen, Anaheim Ducks
John Gibson, Anaheim Ducks
Michael Hutchinson, Winnipeg Jets
Chad Johnson, New York Islanders
Roberto Luongo, Florida Panthers
Curtis McElhinney, Columbus Blue Jackets
Ondrej Pavelec, Winnipeg Jets
Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens
Cam Talbot, New York Rangers
6-foot-2 (21)
Jake Allen, St. Louis Blues
Craig Anderson, Ottawa Senators
Niklas Backstrom, Minnesota Wild
Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets
Scott Clemmensen, New Jersey Devils
Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks
Brian Elliott, St. Louis Blues
Ray Emery, Philadelphia Flyers
Marc-Andre Fleury, Pittsburgh Penguins
Jonas Gustavsson, Detroit Red Wings
Jonas Hiller, Calgary Flames
Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals
Ryan Miller, Vancouver Canucks
Al Montoya, Florida Panthers
Antti Niemi, San Jose Sharks
Karri Ramo, Calgary Flames
Tuukka Rask, Boston Bruins
James Reimer, Toronto Maple Leafs
Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils
Ben Scrivens, Edmonton Oilers
Semyon Varlamov, Colorado Avalanche
6-foot-1 (9)
Thomas Greiss, Pittsburgh Penguins
Jimmy Howard, Detroit Red Wings
Carter Hutton, Nashville Predators
Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
Michal Neuvirth, Buffalo Sabres
Justin Peters, Washington Capitals
Calvin Pickard, Colorado Avalanche
Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
Cam Ward, Carolina Hurricanes
6-foot-0 (6)
Jonathan Bernier, Toronto Maple Leafs
Viktor Fasth, Edmonton Oilers
Jamie McLennan, Five NHL teams
Evgeni Nabokov, New York Islanders
Antti Raanta, Chicago Blackhawks
Alex Stalock, San Jose Sharks
Niklas Svedberg, Boston Bruins
5-foot-11 (3)
Jaroslav Halak, New York Islanders
Anton Khudobin, Carolina Hurricanes
Dustin Tokarski, Montreal Canadiens
5-foot-10 (1)
Jhonas Enroth, Buffalo Sabres


So, as of 2014 there was a total of four goaltenders under 6 feet and exactly one that was the same height as Saros. None shorter.

Not sure if that is necessarily meaningful, but like I said... it concerns me.

[Sulla]

don't get me wrong it has been in vogue.. same as finnsh goalies have been but none were drafted this year... would like to see him do well so the myth you need to be 6' plus is banished

[pmorrow]

This one's a bit off the radar but Scott Wedgewood played very well in limited playing time for the Devils. There's a rumour the Leafs might want Kinkaid as their backup, which would pave the way to Wedgy playing in the NHL. With Schneider being the stud he is you can't expect him to play much, but I guess there's the injury factor.

[Zorro]

why does height matter when the goal is 6x4

I've heard size actually does matter!!

[Eskimo Brother]

I've heard size actually does matter!!

It's true. Just because a net is 6' tall, doesn't mean a 6'7" goalie doesn't fit very well in it

[Sulla]

I've heard size actually does matter!!

Must be doing it wrong then lol

[Sulla]

It's true. Just because a net is 6' tall, doesn't mean a 6'7" goalie doesn't fit very well in it

May want to check your measurements again

[lucafen4]

The girth is an illusion.. They only fill the net due to all the added protection.

[Eskimo Brother]

May want to check your measurements again

Hahaha yup. Four feet tall… Thanks. Don't know what I would have been getting myself into without you there

The girth is an illusion.. They only fill the net due to all the added protection.

Well without the protection, they would all be screwed (literally?). No way around it really!

[Sulla]

So that extra height adds what..? But agree it's a concept that a lot of GMs have brought into (primarily because scouting goalies is so difficult and they need something in order to consider them!)

[TOCanadafan]

A few inches of height is the difference between a save and goal up high, in close. Bishop would have never gotten as many chances to become a regular if he were a half a foot shorter.

[Moses]

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[AngelicAssassin0]

Likely a season too early but I am extremely high on Laurent Brossoit in Edmonton and an even bigger longshot but intriguing to me is Mantas Armalis in San Jose.

[hockeymanG23]

So that extra height adds what..? But agree it's a concept that a lot of GMs have brought into (primarily because scouting goalies is so difficult and they need something in order to consider them!)

The extra height allows the goalie to take away the bottom of the net when down in the butterfly while still having their shoulders around the crossbar and longer arms to reach with.

[Sulla]

which I grasp... with good core strength though that goalie doesn't need to be as tall as some of the behemoths that we have but probably more relevantly a puck's perspective is very different to what you see when you consider depth and gap between the goalie and the puck -