Ron McLean: Ken, you always said that the mark of a great goaltender is that you can't forgive a mistake. I can't remember many, but did you have bad goals, and could you put them behind you?
Ken Dryden: No, I couldn't forget them. I knew I had to; I knew the game was going on; I knew I had to let the team know that I was OK. But it was an act. I was really upset that goal that had gone in--I should have had it. I blew it. The night that I wanted to be a perfect night was gone, I could not get it back, it was gone forever, and I had to get back into the game. And the good thing about playing on a good team is that a good team can help you out at those moments. If you get yourself back into it, and you keep the team close enough, then eventually they'll find an answer for you. But I think that there are lots of styles around this table, that lots of successful goalies can play in very different ways. But I think, fundamentally, in our bones, what we have in common is that we hate letting in goals--that we just can't stand it. We feel the humiliation of it all, and nothing is quite the same after we let in a bad one.
Grant Fuhr: I got lucky in Edmonton. I could make the odd mistake. We knew we were going to get four or five every night, so you had room to make a mistake here or there, so you didn't have to worry about it.
Patrick Roy: I agree with everything I heard here. But I think that the most important thing is to not show your teammates that it affects you, if you get in the dressing room and you start, "Sorry, guys. Sorry this, sorry that," it's the worst thing you can do. You have to show up the next game and be a wall.
Brodeur: You allow goals that sometimes you wish you could have back, but everybody's human. And for me, I'm not a guy that really puts a lot of pressure on myself. I enjoy playing the position, and it's fun winning.... The most important thing for me is knowing that I'm in control, and everybody around me (looks) to me to be the best goalie in the NHL every time I step on the ice. And if I show weakness to them, they aren't going to play the same way in front of me. They know now that if we're down a goal, well, that "Marty's back there."