Halak Vs Howard Vs Rask Vs Neuvirth

[redrobster22]

Points Only Keeper League in Signature 2 for win, 1 for OTL/SOL and 2 for shutout.
I was planning on taking 2 of Halak Howard Rask with 2 of my 1st round picks but now that Neuvirth has been named starter his value jumps up considerably.
Would you take Neuvirth over any of those 3? Do you think he'll hold the #1 for most of the year?
In what order would you rank these 4 goalies?

[Puckhead]

I completely agree that Neuvirth's value goes up with the news of him being the starter, but I couldn't pass up on Rask if given the opportunity! Halak is in a nice situation, behind a very underrated D, in St. Louis, and he proved last year in Montreal, that he can play behind no D, and still be a star. Howard has a year under his belt, and Detroit will rebound big time this season. I would rank them as follows...

Rask
Howard
Neuvirth
Halak

Halak has a ton of skill, so he could just as easily wind up 2nd on this list, and Neuvirth could fight his way into 2nd as well. I just think Rask is a very special player.

Puck

[natgeo]

I don't think anything has changed with the Neuvirth/Varly situation really. The Caps are playing back-to-back games to begin the season, so both of them would have probably gotten a start. I actually think that Boudreau is starting Varly on home ice could mean more. Bottom line: things are far fro decided yet, and there's a good chance they won't even be decided by season's end.

Regarding Howard, sure he plays on a great team, but I am still worried about his long term value. The other three goalies have an elite skill set, whereas Howard's skills are merely average. I think there's a reasonable chance he might hit a sophomore slump and Osgood could steal a lot of starts, and even if he doesn't slump too badly, the Red Wings defense is getting awfully long in the tooth. Won't be long before Lidstrom and Rafalski are gone.

For this reason I would take Rask and Halak.

[TML]

Howard (On elite team)
Halak (Best of the bunch, but St. Louis is a wildcard this year.)
Rask (Thomas will steal a good number of games)
Neuvirth (He'll split games with Neuvirth.)