DiPietro Versus Lundqvist
December 27th, 2006 by Tom
Nice article by Newsday’s Mark Herrman on the budding rivalry bewteen DP and Lundqvist as goaltenders for the two New York teams. Although I would like to see Lundqvist fall on his face as often as possible, I have to say it is good for the rivalry when stars emerge at the same position. Here’s hoping DP keeps it up and stays a step or two or twenty ahead of Lundqvist.
One reason the Islanders (winners of four of the past six) are much better than they were last year is the same reason why the Rangers (six straight losses) aren’t quite as good as they were last year: goaltending.
DiPietro is 16-10-1, Lundqvist is 14-10-2 and each has played 27 games. But DiPietro has made the bigger impact. He has lifted his team higher and more consistently.
