More Records!

Martin Brodeur now has the most games played among any goaltender. Most wins and still counting, plus will break the shutout record soon enough. It will be a long time until any other goaltenders will come close to breaking any of his records. The ones that were close are no longer playing, Roy and Belfour.

The NHL is slowly changing. Goaltenders are not as durable as they used to be. With so many teams playing back to back, Less then half play as many games as Martin Brodeur. Ryan Miller in recent years have had many good seasons, but his age does not lend him the opportunity to catch up to Marty. Many teams in the league are shifting to a two goaltender system. Some reasons are injuries, however many teams have just done it to give net minders more rest. Teams like the islanders, panthers, now the flyers, washington, boston have all been flip flopping goaltenders. Flyers did lose emry to injury, however many teams don't have the strength in the net. Marc Andre Fleury plays a lot, and is young. He already has one stanley cup. He also has a strong team that plays in front of him. Maybe someday he will come close. Until then it will be awhile and its nice to watch marty play. He still has great reflexes and doesn't seem to be getting older.

-R