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Originally Posted by b0unce. [?]
although i wasn't around during the reign of king richard brodeur, but if you didn't think it would get better than that. cpt kirk came along.
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Not sure how many of you on here were really old enough to really watch/follow and understand hockey during McLean's days here, but aside from that 1 magical run in 94, he was a very average at best goaltender, no where near Lu's level IMO. Even during the 94 run, I remember Kirk having meltdowns letting in 5-7 goals, just like Lu had a the last few playoffs. Keep in mind Thomas also had a couple meltdown games last playoffs too, it looked like he couldn't stop a beach ball in 2 or 3 games during the TB series, hell even in round 1, there was talk about pulling him for Rask.
Lu is frustrating to watch sometimes for Canucks fans, he goes on runs where he seems like the best goalie in the world, but then has a couple games where he is all over the place. As Canucks fans I think sometimes some are overly critical of Lu because of how closely they watch him, most goalies go through this. As a huge Sabres fan and also watching the MSG network a lot, both Miller and Lundqvist go through stretches like this, but if you ask most in Vancouver, they will say those 2 are amazing goalies, you just don't see their screw ups as much.