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What are the top 5 goalie tandems in the NHL

Jul. 15, 2022 at 12:15 a.m.
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After free agency, what are the top 5 goalie tandems in the NHL?

Here's the list of goalie tandems after free agency:

Anaheim

John Gibson
Anthony Stolarz

Arizona

Karel Vejmelka
Ivan Prosvetov

Boston

Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark

Buffalo

Craig Anderson/Eric Comrie/Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (No idea what their tandem will be)

Calgary

Jacob Markstrom
Daniel Vladar

Carolina

Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta

Chicago

Petr Mrazek
Alex Stalock

Colorado

Alexander Georgiev
Pavel Francouz

Columbus

Elvis Merzlikins
Joonas Korpisalo

Dallas

Jake Oettinger (RFA)
Scott Wedgewood

Detroit

Ville Husso
Alex Nedeljkovic

Edmonton

Jack Campbell
Staurt Skinner

Florida

Bobrovsky
Knight

Los Angeles

Petersen
Quick

Minnesota

Marc-Andre Fleury
Filip Gustavsson

Montreal

Carey Price/Jake Allen/Samuel Montembault (Depending on whether Price is able to play)

Nashville

Jusse Saros
Kevin Lankinen

New Jersey

Mackenzie Blackwood/Vitek Vanecek/Jonathan Bernier (Depending on whether Bernier is healthy)

New York Isles

Ilya Sorokin
Seymon Varlamov

New York Rangers

Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak

Ottawa

Cam Talbot
Anton Forsberg

Philadelphia

Carter Hart
?

Pittsburgh

Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith

San Jose

James Reimer/Kappo Kahkonen/Adin Hill

Seattle

Phillip Grubauer
Martin Jones

St. Louis

Jordan Binnington
Thomas Greiss

Tampa

Andrei Vasilevsky
Brian Elliot

Toronto

Matt Murray
Ilya Samsonov

Vancouver

Thatcher Demko
Spencer Martin

Vegas

Robin Lehner
Logan Thompson

Washington

Darcy Keumper
Charlie Lindgren

Winnipeg

Connor Hellebuyck
David Rittich
Jul. 15, 2022 at 12:50 a.m.
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soup and stew>
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Jul. 15, 2022 at 1:10 a.m.
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Quoting: oilersguy
soup and stew>


Best name for a tandem if nothing else.
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Jul. 15, 2022 at 1:30 a.m.
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probably shesty and halak since you can rely on them to be healthy
Jul. 15, 2022 at 3:48 a.m.
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Jul. 15, 2022 at 3:56 a.m.
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Best "tandem" is Andersen-Ranta, followed closely by Sorokin-Varlamov
3rd: Bobrovsky-Knight
4th: Quick-Peterson
Swayman-Ullmark is pretty good but gave the edge to playoff success.

Jarry-DeSmith and Talbot-Forsberg have to be in the conversation as well.

Lehner-Thompson in Vegas seems good, but they also have Brossoit as "#2" so I'm not as high on him in the tandem. Interested to see if Lankinen can rebound in Nashville to give them a true duo.

I'm looking at it from best chance to win with either goalie in net for that particular team; as in if the starter went down could you keep winning (with the preface that you are winning more than losing with the starter).

Workhorse goalies with weak backups aren't factored in since they are not a "tandem"; those teams literally fall off a cliff when their starter goes out with injury or has a bad streak. ie Saros in playoffs.

I'd rank Georgiev-Francouz over Husso-Nedeljkovic, Murray-Samsonov and Vanecek-Blackwood but behind those above; mostly due to Francouz stability versus the other #2s
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Jul. 19, 2022 at 6:42 p.m.
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tb bc vasy, nyr bc shesty, carolina, nyi, calgary if not in the playoffs. no particular order
Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:04 a.m.
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1. Carolina
2. NY Islanders
3. Florida
4. NY Rangers
5. Tampa Bay
HM: Boston
 
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