The Shift in Ice Hockey: Quebec's Goaltending Legacy

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00:00your goaltender? You know what it is, George? It starts from my hometown. It starts,

00:05Quebec sort of got boxed out of like the, it's like the American, you know what I mean? The

00:10American factories out of business by China. The Quebec goaltending factory got put out of

00:17business by Sweden and Finland. Think about it. Like, so all the, think about you just talking

00:22about the, all right, I can't believe Canada didn't have great goalies. Who are their great

00:25goalies? Martin Brodeur from Montreal, Quebec. Patrick Roy, Montreal, Quebec. Roberto Luongo,

00:32even Montreal. Marc-André Fleury, Montreal, Quebec. Right? Like you go down the list, like,

00:38you know what I mean? Think like goalies were always, you know, from Quebec all the time.

00:42He always had these French sort of studs. I know there was a few others from, you know,

00:47Western Canada and whatnot. It was a very simple system, Gabe. The goalies were from Quebec.

00:51The big killer defensemen were from the WHL, big like Duncan Keith and Seabrook and these guys.

00:57And the forwards were a mixture of French fast, Ontario and Western tough. That was the recipe.

01:03You just add ingredients and stir because the goal.