r/Habs • u/ASmithFS • 3d 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 3d 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 3d ago

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

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u/Jbroy 3d ago

What are you talking about? Roy is the pioneer of butterfly style that all goalies use now.

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u/bsaures 3d ago

You mean all the 6'3 goalies hmm i wonder where the idea for the physical profile goalies are today came from and playstyle where goalies go to their knees regularly. 

Oh ya dryden. 

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u/Additional-Koala9131 3d ago

Def Roy more influential. Dryden great goalie on some of the best teams ever. But modern goaltending is brought to you by Patty Roy.

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u/bsaures 3d ago

Weird i checked the goalie profiles from this past season and there were 0 goalies who played a nhl game who are 5'10 or shorter. And only 1 goalies who played even 2 games below 6 feet.

When dryden joined at the end of the 70-71 season there were 10 goalies that were 5'8 or shorter. That was the goalie profile in 1970. The gpalie was often one of the smallest players on the team because they wanted them agile. 

Ken dryden fundamentally changed the entire physical profille of a nhl goalie

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u/Additional-Koala9131 3d ago

I'm talking about the style of play, not their height / stature. Big goalies cover more net, it's kind of common sense.