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Connor Hellebuyck ranks #1 on NHL's super 16 goalie ranking


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Finnegan Frost
August 29, 2024  (4:29 PM)
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The NHL has published their "Super 16" goaltender power ranking and Winnipeg Jets Connor Hellebuyck is at the top of the list.

Its goalie week in the NHL, and its time for their yearly breakdown of the Super 16 power rankings.
It all came down to math, as it does every week with our Super 16. The 13 voters put together their own version of what they think the rankings should look like and a point total is assigned to each, with the goalie selected first given 16 points, second 15, third 14, and so on.
Connor Hellebuyck #1
Total points: 193
"It was a no-brainer to rank the Jets goalie at the top of this special edition of the Super 16. He is the best, most consistent, most durable goalie in the League today. A workhorse for the Jets, Hellebuyck won 37 games last season, second to Alexandar Georgiev of the Colorado Avalanche (38).
His .921 save percentage was the best in the League among goalies to play at least 30 games, and his 2.39 goals-against average was third behind Pyotr Kochetkov (2.33) of the Carolina Hurricanes and Sergei Bobrovsky (2.37) of the Florida Panthers. He allowed three goals or fewer in 50 of his 60 games and won the Vezina Trophy for the second time in his nine NHL seasons, this time in a landslide, getting 31 of the 32 first-place votes.
But this is nothing new. Hellebuyck has played in 60 or more games in each of the past three seasons, registered a save percentage of .910 or better and a GAA of under 2.97 in each season. There is not another goalie that has as extensive a resume of sustained excellence."
Connor Hellebuyck has is eyes set on notching his third career Vezina Trophy. In addition to that, the elite Jets goaltender is seeking his first ever Stanley Cup to add to his already impressive resume.
The honourable mentions are as follows:
#2: Igor Shesterkin
#3: Jeremy Swayman
#4 Sergei Bobrovsky
#5: Andrei Vasilevskiy
#6: Thatcher Demko
#7: Juuse Saros
#8: Jake Oettinger
#9: Ilya Sorokin
#10: Linus Ullmark
#11: Jordan Binnington
#12: Stuart Skinner
#13: Jacob Markstrom
#14: Alexandar Georgiev
#15: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
#16: Charlie Lindgren

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