Canucks Classics: Kirk McLean - The Save

The story behind the greatest save in Canucks history.

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[CanuckFan96]

the reason this is number one because at the time 98% of goalies were stand ups and were really hard to do that thats what makes this save so unique

[ramzi1979]

i'll never forget this! i was there with my bro watching it in our basement in west van and we thought it was over for us... we need a couple of those this playoffs and we'll go far!

[MegaSpazztic]

i hate to be THAT guy but lets face it, its not like he top shelfed it or anything, he kinda shot it into the center of the net, it was still a good save but I think its a little more hyped up than it should be. Thats just my opinion.

[RyeGUY911]

@CanuckFan96 so many standup goalies did the padstack

[gfsfg111]

@joesakic91 Actually, Luongo is NOT the highest paid goalie in the league, luongo's cap hit is 5.333 million while Henrik Lundqvist has a cap hit of 6.875 million. But again, he can't really win game 7 of the cup finals without any of the forwards getting even one goal.

[joesakic91]

@gfsfg111

But Roberto Luongo had back-to-back poor games including Game 7. Game 6 vs. the Bruins, Lu gave up three goals on 8 shots. Game 7, he completely lost it.

Sure, the offense has to share the blame, but Luongo is the highest paid goaltender in the NHL with a long-term contract with the Canucks, he has to play better than those two pathetic performances in Games 6 and 7 against the Bruins.

[gfsfg111]

@joesakic91 Luongo got shutout by the bruins but it wasn't his fault, how could the highest scoring team in the league not score a SINGLE goal in game 7? This is why the criticism against luongo isn't fair. Whenever he wins games, he never gets any appreciation but when the team loses a game, everyone blames luongo, even if they get shutout 1-0

Again, when the highest scoring team in the league doesn't score a SINGLE goal in game 7, the blame should fall on ALL the canucks, not just luongo.

[joesakic91]

@gfsfg111

But out of the two, which goalie was much closer giving the Vancouver Canucks their first ever Stanley Cup in their franchise history?

Kirk McLean. Why? Captain Kirk's Canucks had to come from behind from 3-1 down twice in 1994, won a series vs. the Flames and heartbreaking lost to the Rangers 4-3 when they lost 3-2 in Game 7.

Roberto Luongo? He lost his Game 7 4-0 to the Bruins and almost blew a series against the Blackhawks when his Canucks were up 3-0.

[gfsfg111]

@joesakic91 Actually, if you check FACTS then you would see that statistically Luongo is better than McLean. Stop making stupid assumptions.

[joesakic91]

Kirk McLean >>>>>> Roberto Luongo

[TheJATM]

the odd thing is with todays goalies, and their pro-fly technique, that would have been a standard pad save. but in 1994, that WAS and is a sensational save.

[rodz0r]

canucks win the cup in 94, easily your Conn Smythe. Captain Kirk. greatest canucks goalie and one of the, if not the greatest, canucks of all time.