In today's NHL, where coaching and scouting techniques have never been better, where talent is spread over 30 teams, where stick obstruction is taught and tolerated and where goalie equipment gets bigger by the second, the key to success is a good goaltender.

To see that fact, you need only look at the recently completed Stanley Cup final series between the Devils and Mighty Ducks. The Devils, led by future Hall of Famer stopper Martin Brodeur, outlasted the upstart Ducks, who came within one win of completing an amazing Cup run because of goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

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