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Originally Posted by FanIn80
How many times can a Patrick Roy actually be a Patrick Roy? It seems there's always a goalie that comes out of nowhere as a rookie and just plays lights out for their first season or two... there haven't been very many in history who played like that for their entire career.
Like I can't think of another goalie other than Roy who won a cup as a rookie and was just as good, if not better, for their entire career. I mean Vernon went to the finals as a rookie and then went on to win two cups, a playoff MVP and a Jennings -- but his last couple seasons were downright awful.
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Dryden did it the same way. Conn Smythe as a pre-rookie in 71, Calder the next year, followed by 5 Vezinas in 6 years (not counting a whole year he took off because he was a lawyer and didn’t like the contract offer) including 4 in a row - and then he retired. And the Habs cup streak ended the next year.
Obviously a shorter career but he had other plans.