The Case for Tuukka Rask Receiving DESERVED Hall of Fame Recognition

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Tukarask never quite got the love he deserved in Boston, and I'm here to change that

on this bonus, Happy Birthday, episode of Lockdown, Boston Bruins.

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this team and the NHL for various major outlets for nearly 20 years.

Today is Tuesday, March 10th, it is Tukarask's 39th birthday as Bessie makes an appearance

on the podcast, and we are here to celebrate the best goal tender in Boston Bruins history.

Yep, I said it.

The Bruins take on the Kings tonight at TD Garden, going from their 13th straight home

win, I previewed that on the previous episode of Lockdown Boston Bruins to go check that

out if you have not done so already, but for this special bonus episode, Tukarask's 39th

birthday, I'm here to discuss his legacy and why he deserves so much more love than he

received when he was active as a player for the Boston Bruins.

The Bruins have had Hall of Famers in net, Stanley Cup champions, true legends, but the

best goalie in franchise history is the kid from Finland who never got that appreciation.

And again, we're going to break down why he's the greatest goalie in Bruins history, his

misunderstood legacy and how his impact is still shaping the goal tending for the Boston

Bruins.

Look, the biggest takeaway here, he's the best goalie in Bruins history straight up.

And the numbers are pretty overwhelming.

308 wins, which is a franchise record, a 921 career safe percentage, 2.28 goals against

average, 52 shutouts, and a Vesna trophy in 2014.

And one of the knocks against Tukarask is that, well, he never won a Stanley Cup and he

was not able to succeed in the playoffs.

And yes, the Boston Bruins did not win a Stanley Cup while he was the starter for this

team.

They won in 2011.

He was the backup to Tim Thomas.

He had been the starter in the previous year and was the goalie of record when the Bruins

lost to the flyers in that reverse sweep.

But Rask's numbers, again, his regular season safe percentage, 921, his regular season

goals against average, 228.

His numbers actually improve in the postseason.

His career playoff safe percentage is 925.

And he had a 2.22 playoff goals against average, 57 playoff wins.

Statistically speaking, there has never been a Bruins goalie as consistently dominant.

Yeah, you had Tim Thomas with all due respect.

And of course, we love Tim Thomas around here.

He had that unbelievable run in 2011.

But he did not have the longevity of a 2.

Rask played 564 career games in the regular season for the Boston Bruins as well as a

ton of playoff appearances.

Tim Thomas, he came to Boston kind of at the tail, not the tail end, but kind of the

reclamation stage of his career.

And regular season wise, he played in far fewer games, 426 total.

Some with the Panthers, a few with the Stars.

You know, a couple seasons fewer than 2.

Rask and while he was impressive, 920 safe percentage, 2.

Rask did it for Australia longer, like well into 2022 after going through that surgery.

So that's one reason.

And it shows up in the fact that Rask is the regular season leader in terms of wins

for this team.

Nobody, Tim Thomas is close, Jerry Chievers, Tiny Thompson even back in the day, great

goal tenders, but Rask's longevity and elite efficiency is unmatched in Boston Bruins history.

Now, don't forget, he came to the Bruins thanks to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He was drafted by Toronto in 2005, traded to Boston for Andrew Raycroft in 2006.

One of the most lopsided goalie trades ever.

The Bruins ended up getting their franchise goalie for like 15 years while Andrew Raycroft

kind of fell off as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

He did not win a Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins as the starter.

But the 2013 playoff run for two grask is one of the best goal tending performances

in modern NHL playoff history, a 940 safe percentage.

And he was in net for like game seven comeback versus the Leafs.

He helped shut down like peak, crossbeat, malkin and the Pittsburgh penguins and very nearly

stole the cup from the Chicago Black Hawks and were it not for some key injuries for

the Bruins and those two goals in 17 seconds, then perhaps he would have had that Stanley

Cup to his name.

Either way, 940 safe percentage through the playoffs, like that is unbelievable over the

course of 22 games.

And he fell a couple wins short, but very much in consmouth consideration that season.

And if the Bruins had won 100%, he's the consmouth trophy winner, although David Crachey had

a pretty remarkable run that year as well.

And that's not all that took a rascal accomplished in his career.

We're going to continue breaking down his legacy and celebrate the man that he was, the man

that he is, the man that he will always be remembered as here as this bonus episode

of Lockdown Boston Bruins continues.

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Took a ask is without question the greatest Bruins gold tender of all time.

Now the comparison of course is Tim Thomas because he won the Stanley Cup with the Boston

Bruins in 2011.

That's the guy that we remember most.

There are examples from the past year at Gvers, Tiny Thompson, etc.

But the fact that Rask immediately followed Tim Thomas, who effectively stole a Stanley

Cup away from the Vancouver Canucks, it hurts Rask's ultimate legacy, right?

Tim Thomas won a Consmouth, he was a 2011 Stanley Cup hero and a pretty iconic personality

to boot, which kind of backfired when he didn't go to the White House.

But still, he was a guy who we all loved and revered because he won that cup.

He was also a two time winner of the Vesna trophy in 2009 in 2011 as the NHL's best gold

tender.

For me, Rask gets a bit of a bump because he has that more longer run with the Boston

Bruins, even though he's quieter, more technical, less flashy, perhaps.

People boost Thomas, and rightly so, it's like an impossible debate in some ways, but

the common narrative that Rask couldn't win the big one, and that's why he is knocked

down a peg below Thomas, doesn't really hold up because I already talked about the 2013

run to the Stanley Cup final in which he had a 940% save percentage.

I can't say that enough, 22 games, 1466 minutes played, 46 goals allowed, a 1.88 goals against

average, and a 940% save percentage.

It's insane how good he was that season.

The Bruins also got back to the Stanley Cup playoffs, sorry, the Stanley Cup final in

2019, and a 934 save percentage for to Rask in those 24 games.

And again, he was a consmitrophy candidate if not favorite that year, and the Bruins

just were not able to beat Jordan Binnington early.

The score in that game 7, 2019, should have been 4-0, 4-1 after 20 minutes.

Jordan Binnington made some unreal saves in the first period.

The Bruins made a couple miscues, and you play that game a hundred times.

The Bruins win, let's say 97, and Tukar Rask, again, if the Bruins had been able to score

that game, he would have won the consmit.

It wasn't on him that they lost that game.

It wasn't on him that they lost in 2013.

He's the goalie of record, but you say he couldn't win the big one.

Well, why do Patrice Bergeron, David Crachey, why don't they get that same knock?

Zidane Ocharah, why don't they get that same knock on their records?

Just because Rask was the goalie, those, especially game 7, 2019, that was not his

malperformance that resulted in that game.

One of the best playoff goalies of his generation, who just happened to be on the wrong side

of a couple Stanley Cup finals, 2019, again, one of the most dominant playoff runs ever

by a Bruins goalie.

He carried the Bruins to game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

You look back at that team.

They didn't really have much business being in the Stanley Cup Final that year.

You have Carson Kuhlman on your top line in the game 7, and you're blaming the goalie?

I mean, come on.

He also had an underrated personality.

People forget how funny, self-aware he was, blunt media quotes, sarcastic sense of humor,

fiercely competitive, throw-in-mill crates, teammates loved him, and his legacy carries

on today.

You see Boston's goalie development, Bob Essence's shaping and molding, so many high-end

goal tenders, and their identity is largely built around elite goal tending.

It went from Tim Thomas to Tukarask, to Linus Almark, out of Jeremy Swaman, and Jonas

Carbosalo on a good night.

Rask largely set that standard.

Tim Thomas like blew it out of the water, but Rask, consistent longevity, year after

year, and taken Bruins teams that had no business going to the Stanley Cup Final arguably, especially

in 2019, all the way to the Promised Land, except for that one lone win missing.

He might not have gotten the love he deserved while he played, but history is correcting

that.

When the dust settles, he'll be remembered as a franchise win leader, Vesna Trophy winner,

to Stanley Cup finals.

He does have his name on the cup in 2011, one of the best goalies of his generation, and

he should be in the Hall of Fame when it's all set and done.

Bruins legend, one of the best of his generation, happy birthday to Karrask, where do you rank

to Karrask among Bruins greats?

Let me know in the comments, hit me up on social at Locked NHL Bruins.

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