With the retirement of Roberto Luongo, it leaves Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers, Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens and Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights as the standard bearers for goalie excellence. Stanley Cup championships have long been the criteria for judging a hockey player’s career. it may be time to change that.
Roberto Luongo retired this week after 19 years in the NHL. He leaves in third place among all NHL goalies with 489 wins, behind only Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy. He is second all time in games played (1,044) and is ninth in career shutouts (77).