Zil
Shrug
- Feb 9, 2006
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Agreed. Especially when you are comparing a goalie with a couple of great but not all-time great regular seasons like Lundqvist with a first ballot HHOFer like Ed Belfour. If you're going to make an absolute statement like that which goes against what everyone who actually watched Belfour should have seen (especially if your avatar makes it clear you are from New York), you probably should back up your statement.
It was a response to a comment about not having great goalies now. I could've put forward Miller too or mentioned several other young goalies on the upturn. The point of the post though was to counter the angle that there are no comparable or great goalies now. That's simply not true. Just because the best guys now are in the middle of their careers, and therefore don't have comparable track records, does not make them inferior.
For the record, I've seen both CuJo and Belfour play. My statement may have been overly emphatic, but I don't see how that makes it necessarily wrong. It's not like Lundqvist has never won a big game before (gold medal 2006). Belfour's got the Vezinas, but I don't really see what CuJo has over Lundqvist at this point besides longevity. Regardless, I was more offendeded by the idea that we have no great goalies anymore.
And that is why we don't see you on the history board very often.
I post here a decent amount actually, but I appreciate the welcome.