Stanley Cup Time
The Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins face each other tonight in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Goaltending has been key for the Vancouver Canucks, but it is unknown if Roberto Luongo will be fully recovered from an Alexandre Burrows vampire bite.
Boston’s Tim Thomas and Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo are two of this year’s three Vezina finalists. They carried their teams to the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, which will get under way Wednesday night with Game 1 at Rogers Arena. Luongo appeared in 60 games this season; Thomas played in 57. Last year, Cristobal Huet’s 48 appearances for the Blackhawks were the most of any goalie in the Final, but he played just 20 minutes during the entire playoffs.
While some teams were choosing to shore up areas of their team around their goaltenders, GMs Peter Chiarelli of Boston and Mike Gillis of Vancouver made sure a long time ago that they wouldn’t have to worry about their goaltending situations now. Chiarelli signed Thomas to a four-year, $20 million contract in April 2009 while Gillis locked up Luongo for the rest of his career, giving him a 12-year, $64 million deal in September 2009
Original Photos Yahoo, The Hockey News
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