A Dumb Project: Ranking All the Red Wings since 2018-2019
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2026 10:13 am
I chose that year because it’s after Datsyuk and Zetterberg had gone and the rebuild was fully underway. Yzerman was hired after this season.
They’ve had sixteen goalies since then, which is honestly fewer than I anticipated.
Vibes: Positive
John Gibson (36, .905)
A smaller sample size than I would like, but his play in the last two months is the best goaltending the Wings have gotten during this era. He has four shutouts during that time, whereas Bernier had two total as a Wing. They’ve had encouraging stretches before, like Lyon’s hot run, and Gibson is the beneficiary of a much better defense than the Wings had prior to this season, but he’s also got them in the top 10 in the league in February.
Jonathan Bernier (102, .908)
Bernier was remarkably solid during some exceptionally lean years. Maybe he cost them draft odds, but that’s what he was in net to do! I felt bad that he only played ten games after they moved on from him. Seemed like a solid, quiet dude.
Alex Lyon (74, .901)
My favorite human of all the goalies from this era, a loveable weirdo (the cat Halloween costume), Lyon had a stretch that almost got the Wings in the playoffs his first year. He wasn’t as consistent his second year (his GAA went up but his SV% went down, odd) and given how he’s done in Buffalo, there’s a little remorse about letting him move on.
Jimmy Howard (82,.900)
The last two years of Howard’s generally solid career. He was an All Star the first year, but dealt with injuries in his last years and Was Not Good.
Cam Talbot (71, .898)
It’s a little tough to slot Talbot because he hasn’t been quite as good as Gibson / Bernier / Lyon and he does best with a 50/50 split. But he’s never seemed like a guaranteed loss and he’s a good team guy.
They’ve had sixteen goalies since then, which is honestly fewer than I anticipated.
Vibes: Positive
John Gibson (36, .905)
A smaller sample size than I would like, but his play in the last two months is the best goaltending the Wings have gotten during this era. He has four shutouts during that time, whereas Bernier had two total as a Wing. They’ve had encouraging stretches before, like Lyon’s hot run, and Gibson is the beneficiary of a much better defense than the Wings had prior to this season, but he’s also got them in the top 10 in the league in February.
Jonathan Bernier (102, .908)
Bernier was remarkably solid during some exceptionally lean years. Maybe he cost them draft odds, but that’s what he was in net to do! I felt bad that he only played ten games after they moved on from him. Seemed like a solid, quiet dude.
Alex Lyon (74, .901)
My favorite human of all the goalies from this era, a loveable weirdo (the cat Halloween costume), Lyon had a stretch that almost got the Wings in the playoffs his first year. He wasn’t as consistent his second year (his GAA went up but his SV% went down, odd) and given how he’s done in Buffalo, there’s a little remorse about letting him move on.
Jimmy Howard (82,.900)
The last two years of Howard’s generally solid career. He was an All Star the first year, but dealt with injuries in his last years and Was Not Good.
Cam Talbot (71, .898)
It’s a little tough to slot Talbot because he hasn’t been quite as good as Gibson / Bernier / Lyon and he does best with a 50/50 split. But he’s never seemed like a guaranteed loss and he’s a good team guy.