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NHL Network ranks Braden Holtby the seventh best goaltender in NHL

By Cara Bahniuk

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August 26, 2019 12:18 pm

The NHL Network has released its list of the top 20 centers, wingers, and defensemen. A Capitals player has been ranked on every list so far, and that doesn’t stop now. Braden Holtby was ranked the seventh best goaltender in the NHL. He sits behind Andrei Vasilevskiy, Sergei Bobrovsky, Ben Bishop, Carey Price, Tuukka Rask, and Marc-Andre Fleury.

Here’s how the NHL Network explained Holtby’s ranking:

7. Braden Holtby, Washington Capitals

Since 2012-13, Holtby leads NHL goalies in wins (243) and is fourth in shutouts (32). He had at least 32 wins in each of the past five seasons, including 48 in 2015-16 to tie the single-season NHL record (Martin Brodeur with the New Jersey Devils in 2006-07). The 29-year-old helped the Capitals to their first Stanley Cup championship in 2018, going 16-7 with a 2.16 GAA, a .922 save percentage and two shutouts in 23 playoff games.

“He has that hockey sense and that ultra-compete that he carries with him,” Pang said. “He’s a Vezina Trophy winner (2016), three 40-or-more-win seasons, tied for the second most in NHL history. Enough said. Braden Holtby has really done it all in the NHL.”

They also included this video explaining.

Holtby is ranked tenth in the league according to a fan vote. In the fan vote, Pekka Rinne was replaced by Carter Hart, who was voted eighth best.

What do you think of this NHL Network’s list?

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