Henrik Lundqvist wins 400 games (fastest in history)

[Machinehead]

We've had our differences you can say, but what a legend.

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[The Lunatic Fridge]

Henrik Lundqvist reaches 400 career wins!

Fastest goalie ever to get to 400 wins (737 games)

With 400 wins he's now 4 wins away from moving into 10th all-time in wins and 8 wins away from 9th all time i believe.

Hopefully this is the confidence booster he needs after an abyssmal first half (by his standards anyway)

 

[GAGLine]

Great accomplishment! Congrats Henrik!

 

[Megustaelhockey]

I just really like this picture of him, lol.

 

[izzy]

I just really like this picture of him, lol.

Never give up!

 

[Leonardo87]

Congrats Hank! Well deserved!

 

[The Lunatic Fridge]

 

[RiceCooker]

Atta Boy Hank...one of the best ever !!

 

[chaosrevolver]

He has had a very good career. Top 20 goalie ever.

 

[Irishguy42]

But not Top 100 material, apparently.

Good job on that one, NHL.

He's the 12th goalie to reach this accomplishment, and the 3rd to do it with one team. Legend.

 

[Rangerfans]

But not Top 100 material, apparently.

Good job on that one, NHL.

He's the 12th goalie to reach this accomplishment, and the 3rd to do it with one team. Legend.

Malkin is apparently not a top 100 player either

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Fastest in history ?

Let's not forget that for his whole career, games had to end with a win or a loss.

Pre-2005, games could end in ties.

Apples and oranges.

 

[Rangerfans]

Fastest in history ?

Let's not forget that for his whole career, games had to end with a win or a loss.

Pre-2005, games could end in ties.

Apples and oranges.

Apples and oranges, sure. Still a remarkable feat. It's not like every goalie is getting 30+ wins a season...

 

[mike30]

brodeur has 105 ties when he won his 400th game

 

[CH]

Let's not forget that today every game ends in a win. For much of the NHL's history there were tie games and games had no winner. Lundqvist plays in an era with more wins available. It is a given that a modern goalie should be the fastest to any significant win totals.

 

[Machinehead]

Fastest in history ?

Let's not forget that for his whole career, games had to end with a win or a loss.

Pre-2005, games could end in ties.

Apples and oranges.

Just stating facts.

 

[Blainer114*]

Cujo is 4th all time in wins yet isn't in the hof but should be

 

[SladeWilson23]

But but shootouts!!11!11!!!1!

In all seriousness, he's been the most consistent, and most reliable goalie in the league since the 05 lockout, and he's probably gonna be a HOF'er.

 

[Irishguy42]

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd here we go, people trying to take credit away from this accomplishment by nitpicking.

 

[chaosrevolver]

But not Top 100 material, apparently.

Good job on that one, NHL.

He's the 12th goalie to reach this accomplishment, and the 3rd to do it with one team. Legend.

I mean..he is not a top 100 player.

Where would you rank him all time in goalies?

 

[The Toews Era*]

Let's not forget that today every game ends in a win. For much of the NHL's history there were tie games and games had no winner. Lundqvist plays in an era with more wins available. It is a given that a modern goalie should be the fastest to any significant win totals.

Exactly this. This type of stat can only be used to compare to similar era goalies, and is wildly misused and not applicable in historical comparisons.

 

[SladeWilson23]

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd here we go, people trying to take credit away from this accomplishment by nitpicking.

I hope you're not referring to me. My post was sarcastic.

 

[SmellOfVictory]

But not Top 100 material, apparently.

Good job on that one, NHL.

He's the 12th goalie to reach this accomplishment, and the 3rd to do it with one team. Legend.

Wins are a team stat. Lundqvist is an excellent goalie, but he's not top 100 material. Just like Toews shouldn't be in there based on the fact that the Hawks won a bunch of cups.

 

[machphantom]

Lol... not even a page through and already an accomplishment thread has turned into a "Hank is overrated" thread. Who woulda thunk it?

 

[Eric Sachs]

Lol... not even a page through and already an accomplishment thread has turned into a "Hank is overrated" thread. Who woulda thunk it?

Not a single poster has called him overrated?

I dunno, when you make a thread title including "fastest in history", you should expect posters that are putting that claim into context. It certainly is true, but lacks context that many have pointed out. Certainly it's not calling him overrating by noting he had the benefit of ~50 shootout wins that his predecessors didn't have?

Amazing accomplishment regardless. Even in the era of no ties, 400 wins is a rare milestone so congrats Lundqvist. #1 is out of reach (7 more years of 40+ wins?) but could see him pulling past Roy. Should be within the top 5 easily.