Every time.
I put stock in face-to-face meetings. One of the reasons Hasek is squarely over Roy.
That's not exactly how I remember it:
Summit 72 Game 1: Tretiak unquestionably outplays Dryden
Summit 72 Game 4: Tretiak again unquestionably
Summit 72 Game 6: Dryden over Tretiak
Summit 72 Game 8 Dryden over Tretiak
1975 NYE: Tretiak outshines Dryden by a considerable margin
1979 Challenge Cup: Dryden over Tretiak
1979 Challenge Cup: Tretiak over Dryden
That's hardly every time. The games Tretiak outplayed Dryden are those that most remember. The ones Dryden's team won were generally more memorable for other moments besides Dryden's performance such as Henderson heroics Summit games 6 and 8. I still see those matches as Dryden outplaying Vladislav though. Tretiak also lost many important games where his team was heavily favored. Dryden simply did not.
Dryden is getting beaten up on these boards because he played on a historically great team which enjoyed unparalleled success. He is not given enough credit for those successes. because his teams were expected to easily handle all comers. Many are now suggesting his teams won in spite of him.
Like many my age Dryden was an early hero. I'm not going to pretend his career did not leave us with many questions. I understand Roy, Brodeur and their contemporaries' careers are the nostalgic darlings of most of this board's demographic. In fact, I'll go along and state Hasek is unquestionably the best I have seen with my own eyes dating back to 1971. Based on what I saw, I will also say that I suspect Plante may be right up there with Hasek. I can't speak to Sawchuk, Hall or those having played prior to Dryden. With all due respect to the stats crunchers here, my eyes tell me unspectacular Dryden's career is in the mix after Hasek for anyone having played since Kenny began his career. While it's clearly an unpopular stance on this board in 2024, Dryden's fall from grace in the goaltending pantheon is unwarranted to this observer.