There Will Never Be Another NHL Goaltender Like Henrik Lundqvist

In 1971, Hank Aaron hit a career-high 47 home runs. Relative to the MLB elite, it's a pithy total that ranks tied for 80th on the all-time single-season list. Yet Aaron retired as the Home Run King and now sits comfortably second all-time behind only Barry Bonds.

It in some ways parallels the hockey career of a different "Hank." Henrik Lundqvist won just one Vezina trophy in his career, in 2012, and was named to an end-of-year NHL All-Star team just twice in his 15 NHL seasons. To a large degree, this reflects the inadequate means—often heavily flawed stats such as wins and goals against average—by which goaltenders have been historically evaluated. Lundqvist deserved to earn more individual…