Up until Sutter took over and they acquired Carter, Quick was doing it on a massively underperforming team.
You're seriously having as an argument Quick had to carry his team for half a season? You know who you're comparing him to, right? Lundqvist formed his whole career around dragging bad Rangers teams into the playoffs kicking and screaming, while getting bombarded in the playoffs. That Torts realized this and formed a turtle defense was because he realized Lundqvist was the only consistent chance the team had to win any games. He did it because the team lacked top end talent and had slow defensemen.
In all playoff rounds since 2006, I've seen the Rangers being better than their opponents in ONE round when Lundqvist played. The Atlanta Trashers in round 1. All other series they very usually the clearly more struggling team. If Lundqvist didn't play great and was the best player on the ice, the team lost, no way around it. For years and years the same thing under different coaches.
So Quick had to be the best player on the ice on any given night? So what? That was the standard for Lundqvist.
I can agree it was really a bummer both goalies had such fantasticly sharp and consistent seasons at the same time. I can even agree you could argue Quick should've won it instead. I mean, both were worthy IMO. But "a robbery"? Naw, Lundqvist and Quick were neck in neck that season. And yeah, it's unfair not both were awarded for their seasons in some way.
