Roo Returns
Skjeikspeare No More
If I remember correctly, Kevin Weekes also insinuated back in 2005 that the reason fans wanted Lundqvist to start over him was for reasons unrelated to hockey.
I hope he never felt that way. I remember in 2005-06 per Carp his jeep had hubcaps and some other items stolen of it in Rye. I told him via Twitter years later sorry he had to go through that.
Look, every team has some idiot fans. I used to run into Washington and Philly bros all the time when I was in college. They'd say some really stupid things about Chris Simon that unfortunately are still being dealt with today through other players like Ethan Bear. And that was when Washington was winning the lame SouthEast Division every year and would do the J.O.B. to one of the Atlantic Teams in Round One.
It's super hard to be in his position. Tony McKegney had a rough time his entire career.
The thing with Weekes though, I was at Opening Night 2005 when he let in a soft goal to Montreal in OT. He was a good goalie who was prone to being streaky. Reminded me a lot of Beezer. Lundqvist was the better goalie that year.
He still has the distinction of single handedly ending the dark ages by backstopping the Rangers to that shoot out win over Philly when Lundqvist was injured.