Who are the top backup goalies for this season?

[blitzdog]

Corey Crawford, Ty Conklin (For 1 yr), Gustavsson

agrees with this, especially crawford.

maybe keep an eye on the toronto situation and joey macdonald too, though i wouldnt jump yet

[Nehithaw]

He's not a top back-up by any stretch of the imagination but IMO one of the goalies to be in a potentially great situation is Yann Danis. It happened to Scott Clemmenson last season and it could be Danis' turn at the 'kick at the can' this season.

Brodeur is no spring chicken. One long term injury to Marty and Danis will have his chance to shine. With Lemaire's defensive system, I can't see why Danis' numbers wouldn't be fairly good.

For what it's worth, I can picture Lou Lamoriello going out to get another goalie IF Brodeur were to go down long term. Giguere or Biron might be candidates to take over as starting goalies for New Jersey if Brodeur were to go down for the season.

[NeTWorKz]

How would you guys know when to jump on the <Insert Goalies Name>'s ship?

What are some clear signs? My league's pretty active and I need another goalie, so I would like to be the first one to grab a back-up turned starter goalie

[GoalieGuild]

Here are the links on Dobber's site to a 5-part series I wrote for School of Block last year:

It was called "What to Watch For" and answers your exact question =):

Part 1 - http://www.dobberhockey.com/index.ph...man&Itemid=100

Part 2 - http://www.dobberhockey.com/index.ph...man&Itemid=100

Part 3 - http://www.dobberhockey.com/index.ph...man&Itemid=100

Part 4 - http://www.dobberhockey.com/index.ph...man&Itemid=100

Part 5 - http://www.dobberhockey.com/index.ph...man&Itemid=100

That should help...

Oh and sorry I didn't read any of these previous posts but five backups you absolutely need to keep an eye on this season:

1. Alex Auld
2. Jonas Gustavsson
3. Brian Elliott
4. Jeff Deslauriers
5. Antero Niittymaki

[GoalieGuild]

Ohh crazy so I went back and read the first page of comments.

"Securing Your Sleeping Giants" was written literally two weeks after my 5-part series LOL

http://www.dobberhockey.com/index.ph...man&Itemid=100

There you go!

I also meant to add Dan Ellis to the other goalies I named. And of course Jaro Halak is worth mentioning as well!

[asv27]

I'm not sure if he counts but if Fleury gets hurt again John Curry (who has had a great pre-season) could beat out Johnson and have a Conklinesq run.