Goalie tiers is turning five. Man, they grow up so fast. This idea, one shamelessly stolen from former teammate at ESPN Mike Sando, who writes an annual QB tiers column, is a simple premise. Find 10 NHL general managers and coaches to rate every single starting goalie on a scale of 1-5. Only the best goalies in the league earn 1 status and guys who shouldn’t be starting earn 5s. Everybody else falls somewhere in between.



And in just five years, there’s been an evolution. In 2014, there were five goalies (Jonathan Quick, Henrik Lundqvist, Carey Price, Tuukka Rask and Pekka Rinne) who scored a 1.5 or better when the ratings were averaged out. This year, there are only two. And barely.



The top tier is disappearing.



“You don’t have too many guys you can hang your hat on anymore. I don’t like where the National Hockey League is going,” said an NHL goalie coach. “I don’t know if you can be a (rating of 1)...