Though I might be jumping the gun a bit early this year (but probably not), like clockwork I bring out the above video every single spring when invariably Bobby Lou has a meltdown of nuclear proportions in the NHL playoffs. And every year, it makes it really easy for me to write that Kirk McLean still remains the best goaltender ever to play for the Vancouver Canucks.
That style of great goaltending is now extinct. Mclean is from the ‘old school’ of standup goaltending, meaning no butterfly his pads. And the fact that equipment was slimmer in size back in that era. I love this style of goal keep.