Last season I developed and introduced The OCTR, a comprehensive and unique way to rank teams based on much more than just wins and points. With the same idea in mind, it became time to develop a comprehensive formula to rank players; and because the roles and importance on certain statistics was different for each position, it became evident that goalies, defensemen and forwards should each be ranked on their own. So this will be the first of three installments introducing Obe?s Comprehensive Player Rankings (OCPR): Goalies. Aside from the usual wins, losses, overtime losses, shutouts, goals against and save percentage, the OCPR for Goalies takes into account total saves, total goals allowed, as well as saves made and goals allowed on the power play (a goalie is supposed to be your best penalty killer, is he not?). 2009-10 Rankings with Point Total 1. Evgeni Nabokov, SJS ? 149.270 2. Ilya Bryzgalov, PHX ? 140.860 3. Ryan Miller, BUF ? 136.555 4. Martin Brodeur, NJD ? 131.195 5. Craig Anderson, COL ? 128.225 6. Jimmy Howard, DET ? 126.095 7. Roberto Luongo, VAN ? 120.910 8. Jonathon Quick, LAK ? 117.935 9. Mikka Kiprusoff, CGY ? 117.005 10. Henrik Lundqvist, NYR ? 113.575 11. Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT ? 112.455 12. Jose Theodore, WSH ? 105.775 13. Pekka Rinne, NSH ? 104.775 14. Chris Mason, STL ? 102.525 15. Brian Elloitt, OTT ? 99.490 16. Antti Niemi, CHI ? 97.645 17. Jonas Hiller, ANA ? 96.570 18. Jaroslav Halak, MTL ? 96.330 19. Tomas Vokoun, FLA ? 93.705 20. Marty Turco, DAL ? 89.005 21. Tuuka Rask, BOS ? 87.345 22. Cristobal Huet, CHI ? 85.630 23. Niklas Backstrom, MIN ? 83.870 24. Johan Hedberg, ATL ? 82.665 25. Dwayne Roloson, NYI ? 80.125 26. Antero Niittymaki, TBL ? 79.135 27. Steve Mason, CBJ ? 77.025 28. Tim Thomas, BOS ? 73.305 29. Cam Ward, CAR ? 65.605 30. Michael Leighton, PHI/CAR ? 65.280 31. Jonas Gustavsson, TOR ? 65.205 32. Ondrej Pavelec, ATL ? 64.990 33. Mathieu Garon, CBJ ? 60.545 34. J.S. Giguere, TOR/ANA ? 56.725 35. Jeff Deslauriers, EDM ? 56.135 36. Mike Smith, TBL ? 55.685 37. Dan Ellis, NSH ? 52.545 38. Carey Price, MTL ? 52.360 39. Pascal Leclaire, OTT ? 47.755 40. Vesa Toskala, CGY/TOR ? 40.520 Remember that these are based on the regular season only, and it is evident ? through players like Nabokov, Halak and Niemi ? that the best regular season goalie is not necessarily the best in the playoffs. The amount of games played has a large bearing on the total stats; but the top goaltenders should be seeing the majority of games played. Goalies who missed a lot of time due to injury (Ward, for instance) will suffer, but they can?t be deemed to be among the top difference makers if they didn?t play the same number of games as other top stoppers. Nabokov, the top ranked goalie last season, couldn?t find a team that wanted him this offseason and he ended up signing with the KHL in Russia. Niemi was ranked 16th, but ended up winning the Stanley Cup and is currently without a job. The Montreal Canadiens decided to trade Halak, even though he finished more than 44 points ahead of the man assuming the number one role, Carey Price. The Atlanta Thrashers signed Chris Mason, who was almost 20 points better than Atlanta?s best statistical goalie last season, and was more than 37 points better Pavelec, so Atlanta really improved themselves on the back end. The big surprise may be Detroit?s rookie Jimmy Howard finishing 6th. But that was last season, and things are bound to change from top to bottom this season. It will be interesting to see who climbs and who falls in the rankings, especially with the number of goalies changing teams (Mason, Ellis, Turco, Niemi, Theodore, Niittymaki, Hedberg and Halak so far). Now that the formula has been established, keep on the lookout for updates throughout the season; also look for the release this month of the defensemen and forward rankings. Nick can be reached via email [email protected] or on twitter @NickObergan