New York Rangers: Where do Ranger goalies rank in the top 100?

#30-39  Eddie!  Eddie!

The Rangers place two goalies in the next ten.  With Ed Giacomin at #30, he could slip down the list as #32  Jonathan Quick continues to play.  Giacomin would be in the top 20 if not for Carey Price at #27 and Robert Luongo at #29.

# 30 – Ed Giacomin – Giacomin was the heart and soul of the New York Rangers for ten years.  he was one of the best stickhandling goalies of his generation and was the inspiration for the great Ranger teams of the late sixties.  His career highlight was taking the Rangers to the Stanley Cup Final in 1972 when they lost a tough six game series to the Bruins.  He is third all-time  with 267 wins and is second with 49 shutouts.

Ranger fans were heartbroken when GM Emile Francis traded Giacomin to Detroit in 1975 as part of a youth movement.  The very next game brought the Red Wings to Madison Square Garden and what followed was one of the great moments in Ranger history.  Greeted with a standing ovation and chants of “Eddie! Eddie!”, Giacomin could do no wrong.  The fans cheered for every save and booed when the Rangers scored. Needless to say, it was a win for Detroit and one of the most memorable nights in Garden history.

# 37 – Chuck Rayner – Rayner spent almost his entire career in a Ranger uniform and was one of the best goalies in the NHL.  Unfortunately, he was yet another great goalie who was limited by bad Ranger teams.  In 1950 Rayner won the Hart Trophy and guided the team to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in a decade.  They lost to Detroit in seven games in a series that had five games played in Detroit and two games in Toronto as the circus had taken over Madison Square Garden. Even against those odds, it took double overtime in in the seventh game for Detroit to finally vanquish the Rangers.  Rayner is one of only seven goalies to win the Hart Trophy.