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Thank Eddie Shore for the All-Star Game too.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
Eddie Shore was a defenceman who met all of your criteria.
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Really? I guess I don't know much about Shore. Seems to me that at 5'11" and 197 lbs he is nowhere near the size of Robinson, Pronger or even Scott Stevens. Also even though I have since taken "Orr's offense" off of my list because it's a bit ridiculous to ask for those first 3 guys to have that kind of offense... Shore's offense while excellent for a dman in his era, he wasn't winning or even competing for scoring races.
 
And yet they haven't had the same level of success at the Leafs historically, and haven't won a cup in pretty much just as long.

Who gives a shit about Boston.
 
Goaltending has traditionally been a major weak spot for the less successful Original Six franchises like the Bruins and Rangers (outside of some exceptional goaltenders in the 30s and 40s), whereas teams like the Leafs, Hawks, Red Wings, and Habs have traditionally had superb goaltending for a large portion of their history.

I mean Montreal had Vezina, Hainesworth, Durnan, McNeil, Plante, Worsley, Vachon, Dryden, Roy, Theodore, and now Price. That's ludicrous.
 
It's amazing how good the goaltending was that the Leafs received from 1999-2004. It really is. Joseph finished in the top three in Vezina voting in 1999 (second) and 2000 (third), while Belfour finished in the top three in 2003 and 2004. Four top three finishes in six years.

Now we would kill for a season of combined league-average performance in goal.
 
JaysCyYoung said:
Goaltending has traditionally been a major weak spot for the less successful Original Six franchises like the Bruins and Rangers (outside of some exceptional goaltenders in the 30s and 40s), whereas teams like the Leafs, Hawks, Red Wings, and Habs have traditionally had superb goaltending for a large portion of their history.

I mean Montreal had Vezina, Hainesworth, Durnan, McNeil, Plante, Worsley, Vachon, Dryden, Roy, Theodore, and now Price. That's ludicrous.
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Yeah the Habs have had an amazing ability to have elite goaltending. Even the fillers between the guys on this list have had an amazing ability to be very good while in Montreal. Guys like Heut, Halak, Hackett, Penny, Hayward and so on, while not amazing, filled in admirably between our elite goalies.
 
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