Originally Posted by Thom Yorke
As long as you stop the puck, it's all that matters. Whatever goalie stops the most pucks (given level of difficulty, which is safe to assume Hasek had the toughest time with the teams he was playing on) is the best. When you start getting into stats, the comparison becomes almost laughable.
Save % in seasons playing 41+ games
Hasek: .930, .930, .920, .930, .932, .937, .921, .915, .925, .913
Brodeur: .915, .902, .911, .927, .917, .906, .910, .906, .906, .914, .917, .911, .922, .920, .916, .903
Roy: .900, .908, .912, .906, .914, .894, .918, .906, .923, .916, .917, .914, .913, .925, .920
While Brodeur and Roy are generally thought of as the big-game goalies, every single one raised their game in the Playoffs, and once again, look who has the highest save percentage in the playoffs. Hasek just never was on a very good team besides the Wings in '02. And I don't think we'll ever see a goalie carry a team like Hasek did in '99 again.
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