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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
He won two of them playing on stacked teams. Hasek spent most of his career playing on teams that probably wouldn’t have even made the playoffs without him.
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First of all, he only won one Smythe in Colorado. He won the other two in MTL on teams that most certainly were not stacked.
Second of all, the "stacked team" argument only comes into play for winning the cup. Winning the MVP on a team full of hall of famers is even more impressive than on a team full of nobodies. Do you want to be the best of the best or the best of just a bunch of dudes?
Brodeur won the Cup in 00, yet the MVP went to the goalie from the losing team. What does that say about Brodeur's performance in those playoffs?
To me, it's all about elevating your game in the playoffs. If you do a statistical analysis of Hasek and Brodeur, you'll find their regular season stats were very similar to their playoff stats. Do the same for Roy, and you'll discover he was a completely different goalie in the playoffs than he was in the regular season.