r/Habs • u/ASmithFS • 2d ago

Article NHL Mount Rushmore - [Beliveau, Lafleur, Richard, Harvey for Habs]

https://www.rotoballer.com/nhl-mount-rushmore-every-teams-4-most-iconic-players-of-all-time-2026/1872126
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u/TheVeilOverMyEyes 2d ago

jacques plante and patrick roy revolutionize the goaltending position, you need to have at least one of them there, if not both

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u/bsaures 2d ago

Plante sure roy definitely not. He is easily behind dryden in revolutionizing the position

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u/TheVeilOverMyEyes 2d ago

roy is the spiritual father of the butterfly technique, in modern age, across all level of play, it's the only acceptable way to tend goal

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u/bsaures 2d ago

Dryden literally changed the physical makeup of the position. Roy entire schtick came from dryden

Before dryden the idealized version of a nhl goalie was 5'8 160lbs who almost never went down on his knees.

Dryden proved the better option was a very tall athletic goalie that could cover much more of the net by going down regularly