Confirmed with Link: Brodeur elected to the HHoF

[NJDevs26]

Not that there was any doubt...but I'm sure we'll have another night to honor him this season the way we did Stevens after he made the HOF. The Devils are also in Toronto on HoF weekend.

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[newjerseydamo]

Can't wait to get my retro Edge 2.0 back from the USA even more now. Sitting at a mate's place after getting back from EPS.

Not that there was any doubt, but this is the NHL.

 

[Dialamo]

The biggest twist of 2018 for sure! Right above McDonalds using fresh beef for their quarter pounders.

Real talk: It's gonna be exciting to hear his induction speech. Looking forward to St. Louis and O'Ree's speeches too.

 

[Emperoreddy]

More honors for the GOAT

 

[Better Call Sal]

Further cementing his GOATness. Still and will always be my favorite player of all time.

Congrats Marty!

 

[AfroThunder396]

One of the biggest no brainers in recent memory.

Question is, will he enter as a Devil or as a Blue? Tough call.

 

[njdevils1982]

 

[newjerseydamo]

One of the biggest no brainers in recent memory.

Question is, will he enter as a Devil or as a Blue? Tough call.

Not sure if serious...

 

[njdevils1982]

 

[Devils Dominion]

I was in attendance in Landover, MD in the Fall of 1993 and was kind of surprised to see this rookie look so confident, so good.

Bought cheap seats but snuck down to a few rows off the glass defend side and lucked out, no one ever came to the seats.

I knew we had something with Martin that night but had no idea he would be instrumental to winning 3 Cups and be on his way to the most wins ever.

 

[Nubmer6]

I was in attendance in Landover, MD in the Fall of 1993 and was kind of surprised to see this rookie look so confident, so good.

Bought cheap seats but snuck down to a few rows off the glass defend side and lucked out, no one ever came to the seats.

I knew we had something with Martin that night but had no idea he would be instrumental to winning 3 Cups and be on his way to the most wins ever.

I remember the first game I saw Marty in but don't remember who it was against. I remember saying a couple things:
1. "Why are you wandering to the corner? Stay in net! Who do you think you are, Ron Hextall???"
2. "Why do we need this guy? We have the most underrated goalie in the league in Chris Terreri".

Clearly, I'm not a good judge of young talent.

 

[severian]

http://www.foxsports.com/midwest/st...018-hockey-hall-of-fame-class-062618?amp=true

 

[Better Call Sal]

Can always appreciate an excuse to rewatch his greatness.

Of the saves I've gotten to see live, this is my favorite:

 

[BenedictGomez]

I'm sure we'll have another night to honor him this season

Time to start buying tickets to Tuesday night games against Western opponents!

 

[njdevils1982]

Can always appreciate an excuse to rewatch his greatness.

Of the saves I've gotten to see live, this is my favorite:

didnt see these live but they were awesome (as were so many more that im sure people will post)

ya, most of us have seen them but hey……why not again!

 

[glenwo2]

The No-Brainer Choice of No-Brainer Choices.

 

[Maine Fan]

Great for Marty, Congrats
I wish Gary wasn't in this group.

 

[JrFischer54]

I remember seeing him play his first game and I posted on here he was going to be a star. I will see if I can find the post.

 

[Blender]

The guy was a lock when he still had a decade left to play. No brainer for sure.

 

[My3Sons]

One of the biggest no brainers in recent memory.

Question is, will he enter as a Devil or as a Blue? Tough call.

Either way he’ll be driving to the induction in that rental convertible.

 

[glenwo2]

I remember seeing him play his first game and I posted on here he was going to be a star. I will see if I can find the post.

HFboards has been around for that long?

 

[JrFischer54]

I honestly thought he was in already. I figured they waived the waiting period. Never understood why there even is a wait period. Once a guy retires he gets voted in or not. Which I don’t even understand there is a time limit ? Wow you weren’t good enough to get in 5x but the 6th time you are? What did you score another 200 goals when retired? Or just the hall class was that weak? That’s not something to be proud of.

 

[JrFischer54]

HFboards has been around for that long?

Hey someone got that joke!

 

[Bleedred]

I lost my virginity a few hours before his first career shutout. I wouldn't even remember that if he didn't get a shutout that night, his first of 125. His first of 149 shutouts actually. Regular season and playoffs combined.

It was always a cool and interesting connection that I had. If he hadn't ever been any good or just kind of flamed out like Corey Schwab and really had no career to speak of, I probably wouldn't have remembered that. It would have just been a guy having a shutout. Although at the time, I don't think the list of Devils goalies with a shutout was very long.

I was vocally not happy with his performance for a bit before he retired, but I was also not quite ready to say goodbye when he did retire.

So it was hard.

 

[Missionhockey]

I started following hockey during the 2002 season, I think I was 14 at the time and Marty had already long been established. It wasn't until Brodeur retired that I truly realized how incredible his accomplishments were. His longevity alone could have gotten him into the Hall. Since he's been gone we've seen, Cory, Price, Anderson, or every other top goaltender in this league struggle with things that Marty did routinely. He had so many 40 win seasons I got used to it as normal. Now that he's gone I truly realize that we might never see another goalie like him that hummed along at his pace.

Congrats Marty.