That goes back to what I was saying a few weeks back about there being no goalies since Roy, Hasek and Brodeur who are no-brainer Hall of Famers/all-time great/however I worded it. People talked like Lundqvist was so awesome, but even he only won one Vezina and never won a Cup.
Yeah, and the fact that CuJo isn't in the HHOF indicates how important trophies are. It'll be interesting to see if Hank gets in, and/or Quick. If the latter does, than Cups and trophies matter more than aggregate career performance.
Goalies with the most wins who aren't in the HOF (* denotes active):
3. Roberto Luongo - 489
5. *Marc-Andre Fleury - 478
6. *Henrik Lundqvist - 459
7. Curtis Joseph - 454
13. Chris Osgood - 401
14T. *Ryan Miller - 389
16. Mike Vernon - 385
17. John Vanbiesbrouck - 374
18. Andy Moog - 372
19. Tom Barrasso - 369
20. *Pekka Rinne - 365
21. *Carey Price - 356
22T. Evgeni Nabokov - 353
24. Cam Ward - 334
25. Nikolai Khabibulin - 333
27. *Jonathan Quick - 33129. Sean Burke - 324
30. Mikka Kiprusoff - 319
31. Kari Lehtonen - 310
34. Olaf Kolzig - 303
35. Mike Richter - 301
The 14 players on that list who are HOF-eligible, have, between them:
- Four Vezinas (Barrasso, Vanbiesbrouck, Kolzig and Kiprusoff)
- Four Jennings Trophies (Barrasso, Moog, Osgood/Vernon and Kiprusoff)
- Two Conn Smythes (Vernon and Ward)
- 13 Stanley Cups (Osgood (3), Moog (3), Barrasso (2), Vernon (2), Ward, Khabibulin and Richter)
- A bunch of international medals (I didn't look)
Kinda hard to understand why Vernon and Barrasso aren't in. Quick has all of those things, so maybe he's a stronger candidate than I thought. Luongo will be an interesting test case. Third most wins of all time (although Fleury might knock him down to fourth). Several international medals, but ZERO NHL hardware.
And Kev's point is well-taken.