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Goalie Appreciation Day
by Alanah McGinley on 12/20/07 at 12:49 PM ET
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“Roberto Luongo is Our 2007 Goalie of the Year!” reads the cover of Goalies’ World Magazine, and TSN reports glowing praise from the article within:
“Roberto Luongo has been the most consistent goalie throughout the calendar year,” states the magazine.
To win the award, a goalie has to excel in all three segments of 2007: the second part of the 2006-2007 regular season, the 2007 playoffs and the first part of the 2007-2008 season.
“During that stretch, Luongo played 75 games and maintained a .930 save percentage and 2.07 GAA. He had 57 hot games, 13 average and five bad ones. He also stole nine wins,” the magazine said.
Excellent. So that would be a must-have collector’s edition for Canucks fans, right? Well, that’s what I figured till I saw the cover…
Sure, Bobby Lou might be Goalie of the Year, but Tim Thomas apparently trumps that any day of the week.
Bloody hell.
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*magazine cover courtesy of Goalies’ World Magazine
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TIMMMM-MAYYYYY!
LOL
Stupid editors though. Why would you buy a mag with Thomas on the cover rather than Luongo?
Posted by srt on 12/20/07 at 02:04 PM ET
AH-HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! HAHAHAHAH!!!HAHAHA!!!! ahh...Goalies....
Posted by Tapeleg on 12/20/07 at 02:50 PM ET
Hmmmm, you’d certainly think being named Goalie of the Year would earn him the cover shot, wouldn’t you? Then, to top it off, the cover story, “The acrobatic style of Tim Thomas,” is illustrated by a photo of Thomas (drum roll please)
STANDING PERFECTLY STILL!
The only conclusion I can draw is that this magazine is truly made by goalies for goalies.
Posted by YzermanZetterberg on 12/20/07 at 05:12 PM ET
Tim Thomas is better than Roberto Luongo, that’s why he’s on the cover. Just because you’re a “name” doesn’t mean you’re the best. Timmy was outperforming Luongo in every category until half the Bruins went down to injury. Game after game he faces 40 plus shots, and yet the Bruins keep winning 2-1 and 3-2. He also doesn’t have four 3.5 million dollar defensemen in front of him.
Deal with it - Timmy is the class of the league…
Posted by Mark Berry from Burnaby, B.C. on 01/02/08 at 08:49 PM ET
Agreed. Time after time timmy has come out and won it for the bruins countless of times.
Posted by Soxguy09 on 10/30/08 at 08:18 AM ET
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It’s like a scene out of South Park, Alanah.
TIMMMM-MAYYYYY!
At any rate, congrats to Bobby Lou!
Posted by dash_pinched from Calgary on 12/20/07 at 01:01 PM ET