Tribute Henrik Lundqvist Appreciation Thread

[Leetch3]

 

[HFBS]

Here's a picture of Henrik I took at a charity event last week. Even though there were a few other celebrities there, Henrik was the center of attention and couldn't have been nicer to everyone. He even signed my childhood goalie stick for me which is older than he is. He and some friends then played some great music for all.

 

[EdJovanovski]

Here's a picture of Henrik I took at a charity event last week. Even though there were a few other celebrities there, Henrik was the center of attention and couldn't have been nicer to everyone. He even signed my childhood goalie stick for me which is older than he is. He and some friends then played some great music for all.

He has this aura that very few people have, I imagine I’d be as starstruck meeting him as any celebrity on earth

 

[haveandare]

He makes me actually stop fast forwarding through the period breaks when he’s on msg. Super interesting to hear from someone who knows a lot of these guys very well

 

[Glen Sathers Cigar]

He makes me actually stop fast forwarding through the period breaks when he’s on msg. Super interesting to hear from someone who knows a lot of these guys very well

He's really good at it. He's very eloquent and he has an interesting perspective on just about everything when they kick it to him. I guess it should come as no surprise that Hank is a natural, I wonder if there's anything that he's not good at.

 

[SeanAveryTheGreatOne]

Necroing an old thread to pay tribute to the man that carried hockey for me in my childhood.

Lundqvist deserved the Vezina every single year (06, 07, 08, 12, 13) he was nominated for it. The voters always went with sheer numbers (save%/GAA) and never took into account that the teams he backstopped (especially the first three) were absolute dog-crap, last-place tier teams that he carried every single game.

For that same reason he deserved at least one Hart. I know it never goes to a goalie (and only to the forward who puts up the best numbers), but if remaining true to the spirit of "player that was most valuable to his team," the above more than justifies it.

And of course, he deserved the Cup, but the rot that starts from Dolan ever made and makes that impossible. He's easily the best player (not just goalie) to never win the Cup, IMO.

And as far as all-time goalie rankings, I really don't know who I rank above him considering the aforementioned crap teams he carried. All of the standard names that people put above Lundqvist (Brodeur, Roy, Hasek) had teams and management that were worlds more competent than Henrik's.


He is my GOAT.

 

[I Eat Crow]

Twice in the last 20 years a Ranger should have won the Hart but didn't and got ripped off, IMO.

Jagr in 2006 and Lundqvist in 2012

 

[bobbop]

Henrik is also an exceptional television analyst. Not simply getting by on his good looks.

 

[UnSandvich]

Henrik is also an exceptional television analyst. Not simply getting by on his good looks.

Tbh, given his intensity and preparation level for every game he played, i'm really not surprised. He very clearly puts in the effort to be as good as he is