Yes I did know that Dunham was the Devils backup as a very young player, when the Rangers were actually half-decent (97 or so, their last playoffs year.) Brodeur is a very good goalie, but i'm just wondering what the big deal is about him. Richter, with that defense, I believe would have been even better than Brodeur, I think he was a better goalie, at least in his prime. The Devils have very good defensemen...they would have had Stevens, Niedermayer, and Rafalski in the All-Star game if Stevens wasn't hurt, and only Niedermayer and Rafalski really for the offense as well...so when you have d-men getting in on defense alone you got some good defensemen, especially when you know the fans want offense. Plus Neider and Rafalski are very good defensive defensemen.
Anyway, most shutouts per season, Brodeur does not have it. In fact he's not even close. He'd have to get 22, which George Hainsworth set in the 20's (forget year), in 44 games too. Finished with a 0.98 GAA I believe. Pretty sick, half your games you get a shutout! Tony Esposito, I think, holds the record for the last 50 years or whatever, and Sawchuk has the career shutout record with I think 103.
The Rangers are just stupid, I hate Sather. He doesn't understand we need defense. now he wants to trade our #1 prospect, DEFENSEMAN Fedor Tyutin, for the 1000 year old Sean Burke. Ugh.
Dunam actually played for the US Hockey Team before the Devils picked him up. As I said, Brodeur is talked about so much because he's compared to Roy, in just about every category.
Saying Richter in his prime was better then Broduer in his prime I don't know. Richter was a sick goalie in his hay day, and the Rangers did have a good team in the early 90's. After Gartner left the Rangers I felt the pressure off as a Devils fan, he was the real Devils killer. But I think you're right, if you take Richter and throw him on the Devils teams from the past few years, he would have been even better.
And I have to agree about Sather, the guy shouldn't be around anymore, he's destroying the Rangers organization.
Do u think Jagr is a good addition to the team?
Yeah, they need something in there. They're just sorry right now.
No. One of the problems the Ranger have is their team is just to old and their chemistry is not so great. Their team on paper is pretty good but their team is just to old and the guys they've gotten just can't seem to get the hang of playing with one another. they need to get some good younger talent.