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The goalies I grew up watching. I probably could've added Ryan Miller in there. I guess Fleury could be in Quick's place too. :(

Patrick Roy, Dominick Hashek, Eddie Belfour, Martin Broduer were my guys.....

Diggitydave76

Patrick Roy, Dominick Hashek, Eddie Belfour, Martin Broduer were my guys.....


contitego

Vernon and Joseph.


Dude_man79

~~Vernon~~ Cheveldae and Joseph. That goalie fight years ago was incredible


Willmatic88

man when lil Ozzie took on Roy. Shit was special.


Tots2Hots

I watched that shit live... God im old.


fourpuns

Dan Cloutier was the GOAT fighter in the NHL. He wasn’t great but I loved that once a year he’d get in a fight one time with a player rather than a goalie. I also feel like I remember him throwing his stick when caught out of position and just hacking guys for getting too close. All in all he took a lot of penalties for a goaltender which as a young kid was perfect.


Brett_Hulls_Foot

I had a huge Mt Vernon poster in my room as a kid.


Tots2Hots

Cujo!!!


willworkforicecream

Whenever I tune into a Devils game I'm all like "Who the hell is this jackass?"


adrianp07

"they must have given Brodeur the night off"


mostimprovedfrench98

Honest to god I still have that thought at least once a year. Same with redwings when it’s not that goofy osgood helmet…


navenager

This is the definition of iconic, when you see someone else in the same role and all it does it remind you of the OG.


OvechkinCrosby

The rarest sentence in hockey at one point in time...


nvfh33

*The* guys


jkermit19

Our guys.


SaganMeister18

Calm down there comrade Stalin 😉


DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA

(Hug)


gdoubleyou1

Tough not to have Richter in there as well.


Diggitydave76

I left a few guys out.... sorry


Oy_theBrave

Potvin, Barrasso, Irbe...man I miss those days


Diggitydave76

Long days and pleasant nights traveler!


Oy_theBrave

And may you have twice the number!


melgibson64

I got stuck in a youtube hole of Hasek yesterday..the man was unbelievable and rather unconventional


Diggitydave76

The Dominator!


Truniq

Don't forget Marty Turco ;)


Diggitydave76

I loved Marty, and he was great, but I think he's outclassed by the guys I mentioned. Still one of my favorites. That 2008 run...man o man.


Lanthemandragoran

*Glances at goaltending records*


zacmac77

Mikka kippersoff also


bigatrop

Add in Kolzig and I’m right there with you.


TPForCornholio

Oli the goalie!


Balktalkpodcast

Was just about to bring up broduer and roy


JustBoredIsAll

Yeah! Fuck Chris Osgood!


mountains_forever

Yeah this post entered me into r/FuckImOld territory.


DogsOutTheWindow

Was thinking the same thing, holy fuck


Sam_Soper

Jim Carey. For the novelty. And he had a few good years.


Beneficial_Garage_97

Same, this meme made me feel really old.


ViciousFenrir

Could add a few others but this was definitely my main list as well.


Tireseas

Same.


hyrle

Same. Add Andy Moog for me - as I grew up a Boston fan.


SnitchMoJo

Brodeur, Luongo, Hasek, Fleury and Biron were/are my all time favorite goalers


AvsFreak

I only have 2 goalie jerseys. Roy and Hasek.


VanillaIce315

2002 must have been a special and confusing year for you


AvsFreak

Oh it was. Lol. My coworker who is from Buffalo basically disowned hasek for going to Detroit. I'm glad he won a cup. Sucks that it was with Detroit 😉


JonJonesCrackDealer

same :(


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Cuuujjjoooo


ObjectiveSubjects

Don’t forget Kolzig!


Tots2Hots

Ah a fellow elder Millennial. Don't forget the Beezer and Olie the Goalie. But Brodeur is the greatest of all time and I'll die on that hill.


Diggitydave76

Still a Genxer but just barely.


icer07

Yep, this. At 8 years old between the red and black jerseys and Eddie's Eagle helmet, I thought the hawks were hella cool. 28 years later I'm still a fan


MajorD004

Cheeses Cheevers


One_Happy_Camel

This one is especially true for the 2014-2015 season when these guys were the Top 6 imo. You could make a case for Fleury or Rinne I guess but in my memories, you had Lundqvist who came out of a Stanley cup final, Crawford and Quick who won two cups, Price who won 4 trophies that year, and Rask being amazing (I guess I'm a bit biased for him since he made the Habs/Bruins rivalry spicy)


Boboar

Man, I hope the Bruins are still good in two years so the Habs and Bruins rivalry can really mean something again.


HypnotoadsApprentice

I hope that berge has instilled enough of his work ethic and the way he approaches teamwork into the younger guys for the locker room to continue to be so positive the bruins vs candiens rivalry is still everything to me even tho its cooled off a bit in recent history


MelMes85

They can only be this good for so long.


not_taken_was_taken2

I wish crawford didn't get injured so much like he did. He probably could have gotten another cup if those concussions didn't happen


Historical_Cobbler

Luongo probably ended up the goalies I watched as a kid with Roy, Brodeur, Khabibulin, Hasek, even JS Giguere when he went insane in the playoffs.


One_Happy_Camel

Yeah true. When Fleury will retire soon enough, we could put him in his place. And for those goalies you mentionned, I'd like to add Cam Ward and Mikka Kiprusoff to the list


lostinamine

I would say that kipper was the most raw talented goalie of his Era and one of the best of all time. And this is coming from an oilers fan. Could have easily won a cup if he didn't want to stay with the Flames.


weschester

Still kills me all these years later that the Flames never built good teams around Iggy and Kipper.


Xanthain

Just going to toss Ilya (why you hef to be so mad) Bryzgalov In there as another icon of that era


AvsFreak

I was hoping someone would mention the Bulin-wall!


Historical_Cobbler

I still think his helmet design was one of the best.


Half_moon_die

John Vanbiesbrook


Lanthemandragoran

Man one time in NHL I got *robbed* by Giguere while playing coop with a friend and for some reason yelled "Jiggy stole my milkshake" and we still say that *many* years later lol So I'm thankful for that man lol


HypnotoadsApprentice

Roloson as well


GhostShark

Rollie the Goalie! Loved to hate him as a Sharks fan, but ultimately nothing but respect


HypnotoadsApprentice

For sure I always appreciated his talent but then when he was against us in the conference finals in 11 he was lights out in that series and I became a fan I think if not for tim thomas having such a dreamlike season rolo would've brought them through the canucks


20_Something_Tomboy

Why would you do this to me.....


One_Happy_Camel

Because I had to do it to myself...


20_Something_Tomboy

You didn't though. You really didn't.


Naith58

They're not dead!


Cameronf3412

Once again, they are very much alive


msneedsguns

Vokoun, Tim Thomas, Bryzgalov, Nabokov, Kipprusoff, and perhaps the greatest flash in the pan guy ever, Jose Theodore. Edit: And the playoff phenom of early 00s Chris Osgood


Armchair-Gm-Podcast

Miika kipprusoff, Engeni Nabokov, Vesa Toskola, Dwayne Roloson, Tim Thomas, Chris Osgood, i could keep going lol


Equivalent_Ostrich46

Tim Thomas 😔


DEATHbyBOOGABOOGA

Carey Price v Tim Thomas - Feb 9, 2011. My favorite hockey fight of all fucking time.


HypnotoadsApprentice

When timmy talks about this in the bruins stanley cup dvd it's pretty funny hes like yea not one of my proudest moments and price was a good sport about it pretty sure he would've destroyed timmy in a fight


bogarthskernfeld

I'll never forget this one highlight reel save he made. Got pulled all the way to one side of the net, puck got passed across him and one timered. Mother fucker somehow switched directions and dove back, got the save with his glove. Unbelievable.


Equivalent_Ostrich46

He did this so many times. Or got it with his stick


girhen

Thomas was a weird fluke and freak of nature. Drafted by **the Nordiques** in 94, didn't hit the NHL until 2002. Wasn't great, not great, alright, BOOM! Explodes into an elite goaltender and making saves few guys can. Absolute sleeper compared to the other greats that were ready soon or immediately after their draft. I've seen people say goalies like (and including) him had to do that because they are out of position. The fact is that if you can consistently save it like that, you're still in position - you just have a larger range than normal. You're cutting the current threat's shot percentage by going more toward them, but can still cover the other possibility's shot if necessary. It's not like EA NHL where a one-timer easily slides across the slot and directly in every time. He's got the paddle and a dive left.


SmiteAsWell

Im not even a Bruins fan but i own his jersey. Thats how much i loved TT.


HypnotoadsApprentice

I didnt know it was my job to pump his tires lol timmy was great


StriderTB

He allowed the weirdest goal I ever watched in person: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DGamH5PGNI


Offical_ROCKETS

i miss the old nhl with getzlaf hundqvist sedin twins kesler lupal etc


boxrthehorse

Seeing Jimmy Howard in the broadcast booth feels weird


shmoove_cwiminal

Franchise goalie is a dying breed. Vasi will probably be the last one.


One_Happy_Camel

I could see Shesterkin or Saros be franchise goalies at this point honestly. Maybe Ullmark if he continues to be this amazing for the Bruins in the next seasons


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One_Happy_Camel

Montembeault is a wildcard pick there, but I could see him yeah. He has the Quebec factor for him too so hey! Who knows!


0bl1v10n204

I would be willing to add Carter Hart to that list, he’s only been up and down because the team is. The kid is a stud. Sorry though, I don’t see Montembeault being a franchise goalie. We don’t have that goalie anywhere in our system…yet.


BigThunderousLobster

I seriously hope Knight is.


bjhumps

I know that nobody really wants to think about Winnipeg, but I'd strongly argue that Connor Hellebuyck is a franchise goalie too. He won a Vezina a few years ago and is looking like he's putting up those numbers again this year. They only went deep once in 2018 so that hurts his national exposure. He's a fan favourite and I doubt the organization is going to let him get signed anywhere else without a fight.


0bl1v10n204

100% Bucky is a franchise goalie. He has been for several years and will continue to be.


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Surely will not be the last one, but there are fewer. There’s also not as much talent at the top end as there was in the early 2000’s or late 90’s Perhaps more talented (Vasi) but not more talent


MNGopherfan

Looks at Jake Oettinger, looks at the Wild prospect Jesper Walstedt, looks at Arizona and Karen Vejmelka, looks at John Gibson, looks at Carter Hart, looks at Igor shesterkin. Like we can go on for the number of franchise goalies that are still out there and that are up and coming.


shmoove_cwiminal

You think those guys will be getting paid 11% of the cap and stay with their teams for the next 8-10 years?


Buddha_is_my_homeboy

There will always be an iconic group of franchise goalies for every generation of player. Always has been and always will be.


shmoove_cwiminal

Naw. The days of blowing all your cap space on a goalie are over.


MNGopherfan

How so? Explain to me why it’s no longer the case? Also yes I believe that some if not all of those goalies will at least get high paying contracts and stay long term. John Gibson is the definition of a franchise goalie already.


shmoove_cwiminal

He's pretty mediocre. Yeah, he's been with Anaheim his whole career, but what does Anaheim have to show for it? Couldn't they get similar results for less money? They'd be smart to dump him and his big salary if any team was desperate enough to take him.


MNGopherfan

Bro I’m not sure what world you live in where a career average 0.913 and GAA of 2.73 is mediocre the fact that he maintains those stats when he is on a team in desperate need of a rebuild speaks volumes to his skills. He ticks a lot of you arbitrary boxes but apparently that doesn’t matter to you he’s on a team that’s so bad that they have won only one game in regulation so far this season. Also on a team that’s rebuilding his cap hit isn’t even the worst price for quality in the league. His contract is cheaper than MAF when he won the Vezina or Bobrovsky for that matter.


Molechole6-9

IGOR’S BETTER


bootyliciouslover305

Yeah it’s a wild ride to watch the new gen of goalies take the reigns


LordSmokio

Especially seeing the Kings try to transition from Quick to Petersen.. Whoo boy


Charmander_Chazz

No Pekka in this meme makes me upset


WestwardNorthWindow

Are you surprised? Edit: I meant this as "Are you surprised that the Preds got snuffed again?" That's the story of the Preds every time a post like this pops up.


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WestwardNorthWindow

I agree. I think people saw my last post and thought I was saying he shouldn't be in this pic, which isn't true. Easily one of the best goalies in a long time. But because he played for the Preds, people refuse to acknowledge him.


HypnotoadsApprentice

Which is strange to me because the preds were a top team during this time and that was mostly do to pekka they just never seemed to be able to get it done in the post season


Fafaflunkie

Thanks for making me feel old. I grew up watching Ken Dryden and Mike Palmateer.


One_Happy_Camel

You could be my dad! He grew up with them too!


Fafaflunkie

Thanks again! Maybe tomorrow I should be calling a funeral home to pre-arrange mine?


TheRealOgMark

And I thought I was old watching Roy Hasek and Brodeur.


ThisIsMyLongShirt

Those guys you mentioned but add in Curtis Joseph, Brodeur, Fleury (my first crush), Miller, Belfour, Thomas, Osgood…. those were my from my childhood.


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Potvin, Cujo and Eddie the eagle


onlytruking

Ed ‘the eagle’ Belfour, Felix ‘the cat Potvin, Ron Hextall, Patrick Roy, & the goat Matin Brodeur…just a few from my early days.


Kermitthefrogbloons

Price is my fav


snicklefritz76

Hextall, Hasek, Miller, Balfour, lots of good ones. Hextall was my guy for sure.


supersaiyanMUNO

I was especially sad when Lundqvist retired. He was my favorite


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How old are you! Top comment is the has the ones I think of, just curious


One_Happy_Camel

I'm 20! I'd say that from 2010 to 2017 is when I "grew up" watching Hockey. Fleury should've been in there but he hasnt retired yet


Binasgarden

bout to talk about the old school boys....Esposito, Gump Worsley, Gerry Cheevers, ken Dyrden and Eddie Giacomin. There was something about the stitches on Gerry's mask.


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Overall Career or based on prime? Prime Price is the best, Overall Career it's hard but I think Quick with his 2 cups and Conn Smythe. Lundqvist i think had the best consistency over the entire Career his 30 wins in 7 straight seasons, also 11 30 win seasons of his first 12 the only goaltender in NHL history to do that.


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For both with no accomplishments? I gotta go Lundqvist because of the consistency he had, I think he's also like 7-1 in elimination games in MSG. He's probably the most reliable goaltender in recent history. Quicks run as a top goaltender was short imo and Prices prime was cut short due to the 2014/15 injury vs the Rangers. He was never the same after that, still great but man what could've been the beginning of dominance. I think if you switch Quick and Price teams Price with the cup with LA but Quick couldn't be the MTL team as far as price did. I think if Price and Lundqvist switched Lundqvist could bring MTL as far as Price did, he'd also win the Cup in LA. It's really a toss up for Price and Lundqvist and you can't go wrong with either.


Deanmarrrrrr

J. Quick 7-0 in elimination games in 2014. Quick>Lungqvist, Price


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Tbh 2012 Quick is the most dominant playoff run I've ever seen. That said, I think had the Habs went to the finals that year LA would've had a harder time figuring out Price than they did Lundqvist. Also did you not just read that it's overall career not just 1 year. If it was 1 year Price in 2014 is better than 2014 Quick


Deanmarrrrrr

I see you are blinded by your Canadian bias. If Price was better in 2014 he would have his name on the cup.


ILoveMyCousinSoMuch

lol no kidding, Quick is and has been underrated most of his career, he's a HOF guaranteed


Bytrsweet

he never got a chance to because Chris Kreider took him out in game 1 of the conference finals.


accidental-poet

One series does not a legendary goalie make. (usually) No doubt Quick had a great 2014 series, but his overall career? Pretty great. However, not 12 30 win seasons great. He's never had more that 3 30's in a row.


accidental-poet

I'd just like to point out, that Lundqvist would have likely had, if not for the shortened 2012-2013 season, 12 consecutive 30+ win seasons. Indeed in the 43 games he played in that shortened 2012-2013 season he won 24.


One_Happy_Camel

Man oh man. If you ask for the 2014-2015 season then it's literally a coin toss. I guess Price since he won Ted Lindsay, Hart, Vezina AND William Jennings


Shawnaldo7575

In their primes (before any injuries) gotta go Quick. Conn Smyth and 2 Cups. Price had the one amazing year, but never really repeated.


thanatossassin

Quick and Lundqvist representing the West and East respectively. Quick gets the edge for bringing the cup home twice, and honestly it's just a tragedy that Lundqvist didn't get one. Two top tier franchise goaltenders that I miss seeing play against each other


redditguyinthehouse

The boys 😞


Predsguy

I remember when Thomas Vokou left the Predators and I thought that we would never land a goalie as good as him again. Lolz


International-Sand29

Pekka Rinne for me


canuckle1211

Y’all are young. Goalies I grew up watching are Roy Brodeur Belfour Turco Luongo Cujo Cloutier Salo Osgood Kolzig Hasek all them greats. Just to name a few from top of my head


Coach_GordonBombay

All of them greats? Nah dawg. Cloutier, Turco, Salo and Osgood really werent that good.


canuckle1211

It was hyperbole and personally I’m a huge Cloutier fan cause I grew up watching him as a Canucks fan. I’m simply naming all the goalies in my era.


Coach_GordonBombay

No you arent. Hextall, Richter, Kidd, Fuhr, Irbe.... tons you are missing, if you are just making a list of goalies from your era.... and all of whom were better than Dan fukn Cloutier.


canuckle1211

Are you fucking dumb? You must be young or something read my first post or do you have reading comprehension? Do you know what hyperbole is? If not go back to school and stfu. Don’t try to start shit with me I got time today.


Coach_GordonBombay

Hahaha yes I am so young that I know all those goalies and that Cloutier wasnt good. Be mad all you want 😂😂😂


Coach_GordonBombay

Tf is Corey Crawford doin in here??


TheRaphMan

I mean technically Price isn’t retired


RandoRumpRipper

Ron Hextall beats his way into the chat...


Lambathan

I would personally add Craig Anderson to the “still kicking” list. He’s been my favorite player for a while, and although he hasn’t had the success of the other guys up there, I still feel like he deserves a lot of respect


Exciting_Ad4264

It's a shame how many of them didn't win cups. The king with no cups should be illegal


iiamthepalmtree

I don’t mind that Luongo doesn’t have a cup 🙂


SaMemeM

Don't sleep on Kari Lehtonen


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Why you hef to be sad? Universe is so hewmawngus big.


Tha_Unknown

God damn do you make me feel young.


TroutCreekOkanagan

Yeah I know some of those words


Dasher61

Is that a bubble gum guard from adventure time?


garvielgarro

What show is this from


e_muaddib

Y’all disrespecting my boy Ben Bishop in here


nedylan

For real


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It's strange as I grew up I added more to my guys. Joseph, Roy, Hasek, Price, and Fleury we're all my favourite growing up. I tried to take a little bit of each of their style and put it into mine. Cujo is my ultimate favourite though.


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Fingers crossed we see Price again. Personally the game will not be the same for me without Quick.


p_jay

They are all still alive?


One_Happy_Camel

Yeah but the gravestone ones all retired or aren't playing right now while Quick is the only one who remained a starter. I guess you could put Fleury in Quick's place but Quick remained an LA King for his whole career


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You know his name was walks ?


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This meme is so depressing


Riley_Turner

Crow :(


FlameTape

As a Habs fan I’m so disappointed that we got a generational goalie in Carey Price and got 10 years to build a cup worthy team around him and the fact that that never happened is an insult and a disservice to him and all that he’s done for the team


likebutta222

Felix Potvin was a treat


kimmeljs

I talked to a guy I know. He used to play goalie in the juniors for Tappara here in Finland. He said he was pretty good but that he decided to forgo a hockey career since the age group had the likes of Tuukka Rask that shadowed anyone else's performance.


gutterphenomen0n

No mention of Nabakov in here? Dude was a stud!


CaptainCdawg67

Really miss watch Hank and Roberto play. Tim Thomas too. :-(


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Roberto Luongo was my favourite goalie and favourite captain.


Typical-Breadfruit92

Don’t forget niemi…


ZarosGuardian

Oh that thought hits me with the sad :(


gilgaladxii

Where is Pekka Rinne?


Bytrsweet

Late to the party and I know the writing is on the wall but I really, really hope to see Price on the ice at least one more time.


fildip1995

You didn’t need to remind me of how much I miss Crawford :( . Even when he wasn’t on his A game, he was always a good teammate.


Spelare_en

Fuck corey crawford


greasygangsta

This so much


ComprehensiveAlps652

When your done your done. Go out winning.


ComprehensiveAlps652

The zamboni driver went out on top. Smart man. Lol


MilaBK

God I miss Carey Price


Sethars

I know fans of other teams relate, but the only Rangers holdover from that era is Kreider and that’s been a lot to take in. Can include the goalie coach (Benoit Allaire) and the medical trainer (Jim Ramsay) but Kreider’s the only player who was around for all four ECF trips and the one SCF trip. I’m excluding players who were in the Rangers system but weren’t actually playing for NYR, ie Shesty since 2014.


Big_Daddy_Herbie

Mikka Kipprosoff I'd throw in as well. Lord help my spelling, Finnish as close to alien language there is on earth.


Drechenaux22

Dark horse pick for one of the best goalies of the decade (although there are a lot), Devan Dubnyk was pretty good with Minnesota for a while, just not franchise i guess


Clam_Latte

Can’t forget Jose Theodore, Tim Thomas and Miikka Kiprusoff


jminty321

Quick is still playing, but he is not playing like Quick...


Beginning_Value623

Nabokov :(


thefuddy19

Wasn’t sure if this was posted on Nhl or regular show subreddit haha


Algoresrythm

Crawford!


BeeQueenbee60

Don't forget Curtis 'Cujo' Joseph


Overall-Reading120

Ron Hextall…….


194884tiger

Sawchuk, Plante, Hall, Bauer