Pressure Building for 'Canes Goalie with Each Success

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › May 11, 2006

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EAST RUTHERFORD The playoffs hadn't yet begun when Martin Brodeur stood talking in front of his Devils locker, his eyes dancing with the allure of possibility before him but his brain so mindful of the long arduous journey ahead. The curse of experience had already left its mark, turning one of the game's all-time greatest goaltenders into a wistful admirer of the blessed ignorance of his opposition.

Then, he was talking about Rangers' rookie goaltender Henrik Lundqvist. But now, it is in Carolina goalkeeper Cam Ward that Brodeur truly recognizes what he once was: a hot, young rookie on the ride of his life.

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Pressure Building for 'Canes Goalie with Each Success

"Until you win you don't know how hard it is," Brodeur said that day, the promise of a new playoff season still so alive with possibility. "That's why it goes both ways with experience. Sometimes you really know and sometimes i...

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