[airborne]

King Hank has had a great career, whether you like the New York Rangers or not, he played a great game of netminder.

Hockey Ping!

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[Alberta's Child]

As a long-time Devils fan I always had a hate/respect attitude about Lundqvist. He was a great goalie but his career was filled with a number of misfortunes that can be attributed more to his team than anything else.

He seemed to have clear problems with durability earlier in his career -- which is not uncommon for European players who are used to shorter seasons.

He also never really had a great team in front of him.

The only real downside to his play was that good goal-scorers could exploit his weaknesses if they figured out that he consistently left holes in his stance and dropped to his knees too quickly in many situations. When Ilya Kovalchuk played on the Devils he was one of the few players who absolutely owned Lundqvist.

Kovalchuk Breakaway vs. Rangers