Big Phil
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same reason Fetisov doesn't get mentioned with the top Dmen. Fetisov was probably better than Bourque, which means top 5, yet guys like Robinson and Park get far more mention.
I'm not sure if Tretiak was better or worse than a Hall, Dryden or Fuhr, but he is definitely more important. Tretiak was the first goalie to have positional specialized training. The Soviets were far ahead of North American in training. We basically just took shots on our goalies until we copied some of the training that Tretiak was doing.
No one would think Fetisov was better than Bourque all-time. Fetisov is no better than top 10 all-time and that's being generous. We know he's behind, Orr, Harvey, Shore, Bourque, Potvin, Lidstrom, Kelly, Robinson, Chelios and maybe even Coffey. That's 10 right there. That leaves him fighting it out with Park, Pilote and co. I have no problem with him placed there, but not ahead of Bourque.