The Hockey News – September 17, 2019

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Hasn’t had it for years, but a big contract says he’ll

still get more playing time than he deserves.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

INJ./ILL. 22 DNP 34

CORY SCHNEIDER SO/APPEARANCE 26

GAA SP SO

2.89 .905 1

WINS

14

POS: G AGE: 33

HT: 6-3 WT: 200

BORN: 03/18/86

NEW JERSEY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $6,000,000

YEAR TEAM LEA GP W L T(OT) SO SP GAA GP W L SO SP GAA PROJECTION

’16-17 New Jersey NHL 60 20 27 11 2 .908 2.82 – – – – – –

’17-18 New Jersey NHL 40 17 16 6 1 .907 2.93 4 1 2 0 .950 1.78

Binghamton AHL 1 1 0 0 0 .950 1.00 – – – – – –

’18-19 New Jersey NHL 26 6 13 4 1 .903 3.06 – – – – – –

Binghamton AHL 8 2 4 2 0 .881 3.24 – – – – – –

CAREER 11YRS 396 167 153 56 25 .919 2.40

At 37 he can still play, but the question is how much.

Numbers took a dive last season.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

INJ./ILL. 1 DNP 39

MIKE SMITH SO/APPEARANCE 21

GAA SP SO

2.87 .912 2

WINS

26

POS: G AGE: 37

HT: 6-5 WT: 220

BORN: 03/22/82

EDMONTON

2019-20 CAP HIT: $2,000,000

YEAR TEAM LEA GP W L T(OT) SO SP GAA GP W L SO SP GAA PROJECTION

’16-17 Arizona NHL 55 19 26 9 3 .914 2.92 – – – – – –

’17-18 Calgary NHL 55 25 22 6 3 .916 2.65 – – – – – –

’18-19 Calgary NHL 42 23 16 2 2 .898 2.72 5 1 4 1 .917 3.20

CAREER 13YRS 571 243 236 68 38 .912 2.70

Not old for a goalie (32), but his days of being an

undisputed choice for No. 1 are over.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

INJ./ILL. 0 DNP 44

CAM TALBOT SO/APPEARANCE 35

GAA SP SO

2.46 .915 4

WINS

30

POS: G AGE: 32

HT: 6-4 WT: 196

BORN: 07/05/87

CALGARY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $2,750,000

YEAR TEAM LEA GP W L T(OT) SO SP GAA GP W L SO SP GAA PROJECTION

’16-17 Edmonton NHL 73 42 22 8 7 .919 2.39 13 7 6 2 .924 2.48

’17-18 Edmonton NHL 67 31 31 3 1 .908 3.02 – – – – – –

’18-19 Edm/Philadelphia NHL 35 11 17 3 1 .892 3.40 – – – – – –

CAREER 6YRS 288 138 112 24 20 .915 2.60

He’s up and down from season to season, but he’s

been at the top before and he can do it again.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

INJ./ILL. 3 DNP 30

SEMYON VARLAMOV SO/APPEARANCE 24.5

GAA SP SO

2.56 .916 4

WINS

28

POS: G AGE: 31

HT: 6-2 WT: 205

BORN: 04/27/88

NY ISLANDERS

2019-20 CAP HIT: $5,000,000

YEAR TEAM LEA GP W L T(OT) SO SP GAA GP W L SO SP GAA PROJECTION

’16-17 Colorado NHL 24 6 17 0 1 .898 3.38 – – – – – –

’17-18 Colorado NHL 51 24 16 6 2 .920 2.68 – – – – – –

’18-19 Colorado NHL 49 20 19 9 2 .909 2.87 – – – – – –

CAREER 11YRS 448 213 169 50 25 .916 2.68

His numbers would be even better if he didn’t miss a

month last season. First goalie off your board.

2018-19 MISSED GAMES

INJ./ILL. 14 DNP 15

ANDREI VASILEVSKIY SO/APPEARANCE 8.8

GAA SP SO

2.45 .923 7

WINS

45

POS: G AGE: 25

HT: 6-4 WT: 215

BORN: 07/25/94

TAMPA BAY

2019-20 CAP HIT: $3,500,000

YEAR TEAM LEA GP W L T(OT) SO SP GAA GP W L SO SP GAA PROJECTION

’16-17 Tampa Bay NHL 50 23 17 7 2 .917 2.61 – – – – – –

’17-18 Tampa Bay NHL 65 44 17 3 8 .919 2.62 17 11 6 0 .918 2.58

’18-19 Tampa Bay NHL 53 39 10 4 6 .925 2.40 4 0 4 0 .856 3.83

CAREER 5YRS 208 124 59 15 18 .919 2.55

SCHNEIDER-VASILEVSKIY