Ben Grimm
Pts: Gretzky 2857 OV 1575🔥
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Brodeur won 300 more games than Hasek… and won the cup 3 times. He won 150 more than Roy, had a better save percentage and was an elite puck handler. People don’t realize that the neutral zone trap, which dominates the NHL now, was made possible by Brodeur’s puck handling. He changed the game. Never gets the credit he deserves.
Lemaire brought his system with him to the Devils from Montréal where it had been used already during his own playing days. Sure Brodeur and Vanbiesbrouck being good puckhandlers affected how it was popularized by their success in the mid-90s, but you're giving (one of) them far too much credit here.Brodeur won 300 more games than Hasek… and won the cup 3 times. He won 150 more than Roy, had a better save percentage and was an elite puck handler.
People don’t realize that the neutral zone trap, which dominates the NHL now, was made possible by Brodeur’s puck handling. He changed the game. Never gets the credit he deserves.
I wonder if there was a goalie in MTL for Lemaire's entire tenure there. Imagine if that goalie never won another vezina after Lemaire left the organization.Lemaire brought his system with him to the Devils from Montréal where it had been used already during his own playing days. Sure Brodeur and Vanbiesbrouck being good puckhandlers affected how it was popularized by their success in the mid-90s, but you're giving (one of) them far too much credit here.
I think he ends up the third best forward to ever play hockey in the eyes of the public1) Gretzky
2) Lemieux
3) Orr
4) Howe
5) Crosby
6) McDavid
7) Beliveau
8) Jagr
9) Hasek
10) Ovechkin
8-12 are kind of interchable for me tbh with guys like Bobby Hull, Richard, Harvey but I like that as my top 10.
McDavid will surpass Crosby. I also think McDavid breaks up the vaunted "big 4" and surpasses Howe too.
Ovechkin has 3 seasons that are all better than Crosby's best season.
Ovechkin has 3 seasons that are all better than Crosby's best season.
And people say the Leafs don't live rent free.Don't see Matthews