interminded 1 Report post Posted July 24, 2007 For a franchise that holds the longest post season streak in any sport in the history of professional sports, I'd have to say that they're putting a little bit better than "s***" in front of you. That's a non-argument, really.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Opie 308 Report post Posted July 24, 2007 This is what gets me about goalies, how many of them have lived up to expecatations. And I don't mean for one or two seasons. How many goalies in the NHL actually play 7-12 seasons. Lets look at the active list now of starting goalies with more than 7 years experience: Hasek Broduer Luongo Vokoun Kolzig Khabiboulin Cloutier Nabakov -I may have missed one or two but I think I got them. Now how many teams have supposedly found their goalie of the future in player x, who just turns out to be a flash in the pan. You know the Johan Hedberg, Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Biron, Martin Gerber, Cam Ward (didn't impress me last year) and dare I say Manny Legace. Not that these guys were slated to be the greatest netminder of all times, however they were expected to be the backstop of their teams for a length of time. A guy like Broduer is stupid to retire right now (not that I think he is, just using him for the analogy), because lets say that the Devils think they can't afford him, or they have found a new future HOFer. Whatever the reason Broduer walks away from New Jersey, he would have his pick of teams in the NHL. I guaranty teams would give up on their future (except a couple like PIT, NYI) to have him back there for another 2-3 years, just like the wings are doing now with Hasek. Goalies are a weird bunch and their success over the long term is really actually quite rare, due to the fact that when a team starts losing, the goalies usually get the blame and get shipped out! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OsGOD 3 Report post Posted July 24, 2007 (edited) Now how many teams have supposedly found their goalie of the future in player x, who just turns out to be a flash in the pan. You know the Johan Hedberg, Jocelyn Thibault, Martin Biron, Martin Gerber, Cam Ward (didn't impress me last year) and dare I say Manny Legace. Not the goalie of the future but the f-ing flash in the pan... Jim Carrey <-- a true definition of one hit wonder! Edited July 24, 2007 by OsGOD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
