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TIER 1 – TAKE YOUR PICK The Skinny: The unquestioned top-two goalies in the NHL. Igor Shesterkin, Andrei Vasilevskiy I don’t have a strong preference as to which of these two should be the first netminder off the board. Shesterkin is coming off a season in which he went 36-13-4 with a 2.07 GAA and a .935 save percentage en route to winning the Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s top goaltender. And Vasilevskiy certainly didn’t perform poorly (39-18-5, 2.49 GAA, .916 save percentage). TIER 2 – THE… Source link

Special to Yahoo Sports Trending Up Jake Allen, Canadiens (5-10-1, .907 Sv%, 2.96 GAA) The Habs have won two of their last five games, which is still a big improvement, and at least the firing of Marc Bergevin brought more clarity to the team’s future. Allen is still capable of playing well for short stretches — he has a .946 Sv% in his last two starts — but playing the right matchups is really important. Because the Habs don’t seem to have a lot of confidence in either Samuel Montembeault… Source link

If you don’t go for a top goalie option like Andrei Vasilevskiy, there are other netminders to consider later in your fantasy hockey draft. (Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty Images) By Jordan Mazzara, RotoWire Special to Yahoo Sports The 2020-21 NHL rules require teams to carry three goalies at all times, which will inevitably lead to some oddities in roster construction for the 56-game season. Will teams employ a veteran as their No. 3, or will they carry a prospect that isn’t NHL ready?… Source link