Hasek was a top fame , one of the best goalkeeper ever. But he was not a technical goalie at all. Roy, Price or Brodeur were each in their own style.
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No I meant talent wise Hasek and price are the top and technical ability wise, Price IS the best (Hasek not included obviously). Price is much more technically sound than any goalie considered elite in the nhlHasek was a top fame , one of the best goalkeeper ever. But he was not a technical goalie at all. Roy, Price or Brodeur were each in their own style.
I remember someone said one day, Roy is the butterfly technique, Brodeur the reflex and positioning style . Then he added that Hasek wasn’t even looking, he was just stopping the puck from the sounds. He was hot-dog, bananas split, looked like bacon
Most common lines that year where:
Toenails got Theodore in his prime, and Price in his prime.......hilarious.
Defence was ok, only need thing he needed to do was to bring that high end #1 C and he never come even close. How can you try to win a cup with top 6 C of Plekanec and DD ?
I would never deny those goalies their due...............my main point is, Price had nothing of a team in front of him, and those other goalies had hall of fame players to actually score goals, in order to win.
Bad management and bad drafting... Not being able to draft a 70 pts + player in 15 years is problematic.
Their stats are basically identical and with the same amount of cups. Roy played when the trap was killing the game where sawchuck played when 80 foot shots were common goals (being dramatic). Many consider him and Hasek better than Roy. I’m not saying he’s better than Roy but people just think he’s in a different dimension when he’s not. He’s had amazing teams but did carry the habs in 93
Price was amazing and a terrific puck handler as well. It’s a shame he got hurt in the 2016 season. He was well on his way to back to back Hart trophies.
I hated watching Hasek. His flopping style was terrible. But… it clearly worked for him. A good case for best goalie ever.Hasek was a top fame , one of the best goalkeeper ever. But he was not a technical goalie at all. Roy, Price or Brodeur were each in their own style.
I remember someone said one day, Roy is the butterfly technique, Brodeur the reflex and positioning style . Then he added that Hasek wasn’t even looking, he was just stopping the puck from the sounds. He was hot-dog, bananas split, looked like bacon
I strongly disagree with Roy being the best in the playoffs. To argue that you have to ignore the years where he was God awful. And there are more than a couple. He was very inconsistent.
I’m not a fan of the history forum. Gotta be honest with you.
Yeah it is quite unfortunate that Price came in not at the worst time (that's mid 90s- 05 lockout) but at a time with incompetent team builders and didn't even have the caveat of having an older core of previous winners like Roy had partially in 86. Price could only dream that he played in front of a C like Bobby Smith. That's pretty sad when you think about it. To this day, I believe if price didn't get hurt in 2014 playoffs, Habs would've made the finals and competed for a cup. But that's what if thinking which I bash on leaf fans for
They were all saying look at the bad technique of this goalie but that f goalie with his f bad technique was the best goalie of the planet tabarnak. Is is that what we call contradictary?Hasek was a top fame , one of the best goalkeeper ever. But he was not a technical goalie at all. Roy, Price or Brodeur were each in their own style.
I remember someone said one day, Roy is the butterfly technique, Brodeur the reflex and positioning style . Then he added that Hasek wasn’t even looking, he was just stopping the puck from the sounds. He was hot-dog, bananas split, looked like bacon
I didn't watch them in there prime so I can't really rely but Brodeur was getting what ? 15-20 shoot by game ? Way harder for a guy like Price (I think Hasek was the same case) when you receive ton of really good scoring chance
