John Grigg at The Hockey News gives his Top 10 "healthy" goaltenders in the NHL and Henrik Lundqvist some how managed to squeak onto the list...3. Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers• King Henrik is on pace for his fourth Vezina nomination in four seasons and his recent work for the sliding Rangers (5-4-1 in their past 10 games) is why. He’s 5-2-1 the past 21 days with a 2.23 GAA and .927 save percentage.
Tim Thomas of the Bruins was #1 and Niklas Backstrom from the Minnesota Wild was #2.
...while most Rangers fans know that Lundqvist is the best goaltender in the league even with Martin Brodeur, Roberto Luongo, Evgeni Nabokov, Rick DiPietro, and Marc-Andre Fleury healthy, I understand Grigg giving Thomas the #1 slot right now as he is the darling of the league. But it will only be a matter of time until he come crashing back down to earth and Lundqvist wins his first Vezina.
Speaking of the Vezina, ESPN.com asked it's readers to come up with their Vezina Trophy contenders for this season. Lundqvist's name came up a few times.
...what I really don't like about these two features is that they both say with Brodeur and Luongo injuried who is the best. As if Lundqvist couldn't beat those two out for the Vezina if they were healthy. When was the last time Brodeur beat Lundqvist head-to-head in regulation?
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