Lists are difficult. Rankings goalies over different generations is very difficult. Stats don’t match up between now and the 1980s as pads have grown, scoring has gone down and I understand that playoff stats take on added value for many writers when compiling “best goalies of all time” lists.
But the list compiled by the NHL Network, which you can see an excerpt of below, is just not very good. It’s easy to cherry pick bad selections here or there, of course, but just ... look at this monstrosity.
There’s a threaded chain here. Corey Crawford is ranked No.