An excerpt from The Hockey News (Brian Costello):
I said I don’t rank Huet among the top 10 or 15 goalies in the NHL, an opinion I strongly stand by. It’s not so much a criticism against Huet as it is a reflection of how strong goaltending is in the NHL these days.
Now with Chicago and signed for four years to earn $5.625 million per season, Huet ranks middle-of-the-pack among NHL starters in my opinion. I realize he was among league leaders in save percentage this past season and I’m a huge believer in the save percentage stat.
The fact of the matter is if I’m an NHL GM and I’m starting up a team and I have one year to win a championship, Huet is not among the top 10 goalies I’d pick to be my starter.
Here are 10 goalies I wouldn’t hesitate picking before Huet: Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo, Miikka Kiprusoff, Evgeni Nabokov, Henrik Lundqvist, J-S Giguere, Ryan Miller, Ilya Bryzgalov, Tomas Vokoun and Marty Turco.