Official First Round of the NHL Playoffs Thread

[Wes Mantooth]

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Brodeur is the best playoff goalie of our time. Hasek wasn't nearly as good and only won once with a very stacked Detroit team a couple of years ago. Not saying Devils weren't stacked or weren't very good, they were, but other than Stevens a couple of other slightly marquee names, Brodeur has been the major reason the Devils have won it.

Hasek in Buffalo never had teams on par with the Devils or the Wings that he later joined and was arguably one of the best regular season goalies period, I'd just rather than Marty when the playoffs rolled around.

I never got to see Terry, but Roy could definitely be in the argument, but if Marty wins one without Scotty this year, I'm pretty sure I'd take Marty but that's a big IF.

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Roy played with a lot of great players (many future hall of famers) so I don't really buy that Broduer is so much better because of Stevens claim. Broduer just had his 21st playoff shutout the other day, and he is what 31 or 32?

Maybe Russian great Vladislav Tretiak might be considered the best goalie ever.