The former Montreal Canadians goaltender’s predictions for how the game will continue to evolve, from off-season training, to equipment, to NHL hockey in Utah
Former Montreal Canadien Ken Dryden skates during the Centennial Celebration ceremonies prior to the NHL game between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins in December, 2009, at the Bell Centre in Montreal.With apologies to Stompin’ Tom Connors, “the good old hockey game” is far different today, on the eve of the 2024-25 NHL season, from the one Tom sang about back in 1973.
Forward passes can now go more than two lines. Penalties no longer run the full two minutes if the other team scores. Offsides are no longer automatically called. Coaches who once told their charges to let the goalie see the puck now demand players block every shot possible, even if it costs you your teeth.At 6-foot-4-inches in height, Dryden was unusually tall for a goaltender when he won six Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens between 1971 and 1979.
There has been no student of the modern game more astute than Ken Dryden, the then-unusually tall goaltender who won six Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens between 1971 and 1979. The Hall-of-Famer, now 77, has been a member of Parliament, a cabinet minister, president of the Toronto Maple Leafs and a prolific author, his most recent book being, which came out in 1983 and is widely recognized as the best book ever on the game he played at such high levels.
What changed the goalie position was the equipment, he believes. Once much lighter and stronger equipment developed to offer “perfect protection,” masked goalies could drop down and play full out to block shots. “All of a sudden,” he says, “you don’t have to be a stand-up goalie any more. Late this summer, Dryden found himself going to the Toronto-area arenas at St. Michael’s College and Downsview, where multiple current NHLers would be training under the likes of hockey fitness experts Gary Roberts and Matt Nichol. Some sessions would begin as early as 7 a.m.
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