Is Jimmah one of the best young goalies in the NHL?

James Murphy doesn't think so.  

Murphy, who writes for ESPNBoston.com and a few other hockey publications, has produced a list of his top ten goalies 30 years-old or younger to build franchise around for Le Hockey Magazine. 

Now, I don't speak French nor could I find his article online, but Murphy tweeted his top ten list.

1. Price, 2. Rask, 3. Halak, 4. Bernier, 5. Schneider, 6. Quick, 7. Ward, 8. Fleury, 9. Lundqvist, 10. Miller.

Does Jimmah belong on this list?  I think so.  At the very least you can make an argument for him to be on the list.  I understand seeing names like Ward (Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe winner), Miller (Captain America), Fleury (Cup winner), and Lundqvist (solid numbers the past five seasons), but what about the rest?

Halak, Price, and Quick have somewhat similar numbers when it comes to goals against average and save percentage.  All three are younger and have more experience in the NHL.  Schneider and Bernier have less experience and appear to be on this list based on their potential.  Rask has about the same experience as Jimmah and very similar numbers (Murphy is a Boston guy too...hmmmm...interesting).

As a Wings fan, I say hell yes Jimmah should be on this list.  He's done just as much as a guy like Rask.  Should we penalize him because he's three years older?  It's not his fault he didn't have the opportunity to play at a young age because he was in the Detroit's system.  He has just as much potential as anyone on that list.

Living away from Michigan and going to school with New York, New Jersey, San Jose, and Boston fans, in every and any hockey debate or discussion, I always hear the rebuttal of "yeah well he plays for Detroit."  Which, by the way, is really annoying.  Last season, Jimmah carried the Wings through some tough stretches.  The Wings might not have made the playoffs without him.  And Rask?  Well, Boston was the second best defensive team last year based on goals against (Detroit was seventh).  So if anything, Rask had a better defensive team in front of him.

If I try to look at this objectively, I guess I can understand why he isn't in the top ten.  The players his age have more impressive resumes.  Many of the younger guys have more experience.  The young guys that have less experience may have greater upside? Maybe Jimmah is #11? 

What do you think?