ICanMotteBelieveIt
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I'd rank Hasek #1 and Roy #2, but that's just a matter of taste. I would also rank Lundqvist higher than Luongo. Lundqvist got a few records, Vezina and so on.
I'd rank Hasek #1 and Roy #2, but that's just a matter of taste.
I also have Hasek at number 1.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showpost.php?p=58585857&postcount=1
So did most of the voters going into the discussion.
Having only read the OP and jumping to the last page, would Hasek have finished #1 without that curious outlier?
Thanks, sorry I missed it. Also, quotation marks? I wasn't implying anything, and it's clearly apart from the majority. Just a word .Tied with Roy with no "outlier." Read the results threat that is linked to the OP.
Thanks, sorry I missed it. Also, quotation marks? I wasn't implying anything, and it's clearly apart from the majority. Just a word .
No worries. I just find it funny that a 7th place vote for Hasek legitimately is a major outlier on hfboards, while it would be squarely in the mainstream (though on the low side of mainstream) in the general media.
Anyway, the links to all the source threads are at the bottom of the OP, except for the participant voting records, and they'll be added there as soon as they are all released.
Is that really true?
The traditional hockey media places a very high emphasis on team achievements like wins and Cups. Compare where Brodeur ranks here to where most journalists would put him.
I know its true with Brodeur, but I don't recall many people in hockey, be it media or insiders, claiming Hasek was overrated or not a top 5 goalie.
I'm sure you're familiar with the THN lists. On their Top-60 since 1967 (2007), they put Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur up with Mark Messier, Steve Yzerman, and Ray Bourque. They put Dominik Hasek down with Bobby Clarke, Paul Coffey, and Larry Robinson. Though with a different panel, these three players were placed similar to each other in 1998 (#24, #25, #29) - quite a bit behind Sawchuk, Plante, and Hall.
A more recent list in 2011 had Hasek behind all of Sawchuk, Roy, Brodeur, and Plante - but ahead of Hall. So they're not "claiming Hasek was overrated," but then again, I don't believe they have had a reaction to HFBoards at all - which as far as I can tell is the only place that had formerly placed him #1. So if the media or insiders do not know that someone is claiming Hasek to be the best of all-time, I can't imagine anyone would have written a piece arguing against a position that from their perspective, no one seems to have. But in recent months, some have claimed that he wasn't as good as Niklas Lidstrom in terms of best European players, so there seems to be a definite difference in the perception of Hasek here and elsewhere. The same can be said for Scott Niedermayer and Mark Messier.
Recently I watched some old time classics, including the Canada Cup finals.
Conclusion: Tretyak definitely deserves the top spot.
Tretiak deserves the top spot *of all time* based upon a handful of games?
Have you bothered to read the threads and the amount of work that went into this?
I guess all of that should be trumped by fewer than ten games.
Tretiak deserves the top spot *of all time* based upon a handful of games?
Have you bothered to read the threads and the amount of work that went into this?
I guess all of that should be trumped by fewer than ten games.
I am afraid I have to disagree with you.
Tretiak has played loads of great games against world's most talented teams and has been terrific and dominant in most of them.
I am afraid I have to disagree with you.
Tretiak has played loads of great games against world's most talented teams and has been terrific and dominant in most of them.
I am afraid I have to disagree with you.
Tretiak has played loads of great games against world's most talented teams and has been terrific and dominant in most of them.
This list is absolutely perfect. I'm so glad we have a final source that can make knowledgeable decisions about player rankings. Hasek is probably my favorite player of all time but Roy deserves number one. He was a gamer like no other player. I'm also glad that compilers like Brodeur aren't rewarded on their stats. Marty is a legend but he ALWAYS had a great defense and thrived in an era when scoring was down.
Just out of curiosity, with Luongo and Thomas on the list, how long until Miller cracks the top 40? He's got the international credentials and he has outplayed some other guys on this list a number of times. I imagine by the time he retires he will be top 30...