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Originally Posted by Nino33
I’d be interested in knowing how Bernie Parent did  and any other 70s or 80s era goaltenders
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BERNIE PARENT
Just as in real-life Parent found his path to the NHL blocked while in Boston so he was exposed in the 1967 expansion draft and selected by the St Louis Blues. Before joining the Blues he spent 4 seasons in the minors from the ages of 18-21 but did get into 10 games for Boston. St Louis had him spend most of the 67-68 season in the minors before he made the NHL for good the following season.
The Blues had some bad teams in their early years but Parent still managed to win 285 games for the club which places him third in team history behind Cam Talbot and Curtis Joseph. He would remain with St Louis until his retirement at age 39 in 1985. In 880 career NHL games, Parent was 287-429-89 with a 3.40 goals against average. He played in 41 playoff games compiling a 14-25 record with a 3.41 GAA.
His number 33 was retired by the club and he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
JOE DALEY
I will talk about a surprise goaltender of the seventies who became a superstar. He was a big reason Parent was exposed in the expansion draft as Daley broke in with the Bruins in 1966-67 and would be their starting goaltender for 17 years, leading the Bruins to 3 Stanley Cup titles and winning 540 games. He would win the Calder in 1966-67 and claim 7 Vezina Trophy's in his career that saw Daley post a record of 540-263-136 with a 2.45 GAA. The 540 wins are good for 13th all-time.
2 spots ahead of him is
Gerry Cheevers, who spent his entire career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Cheevers played 19 seasons and 1105 games, going 573-343-143 with a 2.61 GAA but he only won the Vezina once in his career. Cheevers did claim 3 Stanley Cup titles for the Leafs - in 1964, 1966 and 1977.
The winningest goaltender in the WHA was
Gilles Gratton. If you haven't read about him in real life you should, he was just plain nuts. He spent 7 seasons with one franchise in the WHA and he did win an Avco Cup with the team when they were the Toronto Toros. His 229 career WHA wins lead runner-up Glenn Resch by 30. Overall in 348 starts in the rebel league, Gratton was 229-85-22 with a 2.58 GAA. When the WHA folded he was signed by the Hartford Whalers and played 72 NHL games over parts of 5 seasons, going 29-26-7 for the Whalers.
Since you asked about Parent I thought I would finish this post with a look at the Flyers goaltenders. Without Parent, Philadelphia did not accomplish much during the 70s as they were forced to rely on a parade of mediocre goaltenders including Les Binkley (95-182-44), Bobby Taylor (23-63-9) and later Rocky Farr (20-12-6) and Gord McRae (30-14-6) before
Pete Peeters arrived in 1977 to solidify the position. Peeters would go 244-108-36 over 8 seasons in Philadelphia before
Pelle Lindbergh took over in 1983. Lindbergh would win 178 games over a decade but would only start for 3 years before
Ron Hextall arrived in 1985.
Hextall would win 312 games with Philadelphia and lead the Flyers to their only Stanley Cup in his rookie year.
Mike Smith, who played for the Flyers from 2007-19 was the only Philadelphia goalie to win more games than Hextall - as he won 368 in a Flyer uniform.