R_of_G
March 18th, 2009, 07:04 AM
Firstly, congratulations to Martin Brodeur on his 552nd win, a new NHL record surpassing Patrick Roy's mark. 552 wins is quite an achievement, and Brodeur is still only 36 and playing for a first place team so who knows how many more he can rack up barring any more injuries.
I've seen/heard some discussion on whether or not Brodeur is the "greatest" goalie of all time. As usual, these questions are always completely subjective, but still fun. I think Brodeur is the second best goalie that I've seen. Roy is my favorite player of all time. All four of his Stanley Cup runs were impressive, but perhaps none more so to me than what he was able to do in that first one in 1986 when he was only 20. Spectacular.
Brodeur's three Stanley Cup winning runs were great as well. He's also the reason the league changed some rules about how goalies can handle the puck. I guess they thought the Devils were getting too much benefit from having a goalie that can actually skate and handle the stick. I thought it made the game that much more interesting because you couldn't get away with the same stuff against Brodeur as you could many other goalies because he could embarrass you in a hurry.
Congratulations Martin Brodeur.
I've seen/heard some discussion on whether or not Brodeur is the "greatest" goalie of all time. As usual, these questions are always completely subjective, but still fun. I think Brodeur is the second best goalie that I've seen. Roy is my favorite player of all time. All four of his Stanley Cup runs were impressive, but perhaps none more so to me than what he was able to do in that first one in 1986 when he was only 20. Spectacular.
Brodeur's three Stanley Cup winning runs were great as well. He's also the reason the league changed some rules about how goalies can handle the puck. I guess they thought the Devils were getting too much benefit from having a goalie that can actually skate and handle the stick. I thought it made the game that much more interesting because you couldn't get away with the same stuff against Brodeur as you could many other goalies because he could embarrass you in a hurry.
Congratulations Martin Brodeur.