[trader220]

Like PBH I am anything but a casual hockey fan. Numbers don't tell the whole story and you can produce statistics to make all kind of different cases. In my book the most important number is 2, the number of rings he has as the starting goalie on the cup winning team. That says to me he made the saves that he had to make when they needed to be made, the rest is details. I have no horse in this race, but I have openly questioned why this guy does not get his due.

Also, why not add Bernie Parent to that list. It was ashamed his career was cut short by injury and I was at the game where his career was ended. In his prime during the Cup years he was unbeatable, the guy was flat out amazing. Had he been around on that third trip to the finals maybe the Flyers would not have been swept. The Flyers played a different brand of hockey in those days and aside from Clarke they didnt have a bonafide superstar besides Bernie. I remeber the Spectrum roaring his name in those seasons and the old "Only the Lord saves more then Bernie Parent" bumper stickers all over the area.