TJ Luxmore
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I got to take notes. Yes. So, Linda, we're coming up on 10 years this spring on actually the first time that you and I got to meet. You probably don't remember, and I wouldn't blame you, but I do have a picture of it, if we can put it up here for Linda. You and I met on the ice about 10 years ago.
I got to take notes. Yes. So, Linda, we're coming up on 10 years this spring on actually the first time that you and I got to meet. You probably don't remember, and I wouldn't blame you, but I do have a picture of it, if we can put it up here for Linda. You and I met on the ice about 10 years ago.
And I was so skinny, too.
And I was so skinny, too.
So as a fellow goaltender, somebody, another member of the union, I'm curious.
So as a fellow goaltender, somebody, another member of the union, I'm curious.
Oh, yeah. So what happened was, on the backstory, the Panthers had played a game.
Oh, yeah. So what happened was, on the backstory, the Panthers had played a game.
Roberto Luongo and I believe it was Al Montoya were the goalies. They both got hurt in the same game. Yes, yes. Lou actually went to the hospital, I think, to get like an x-ray on his shoulder, came back and finished the game because Robbie Tallis, the goalie coach still, was dressed in his gear ready to go in.
Roberto Luongo and I believe it was Al Montoya were the goalies. They both got hurt in the same game. Yes, yes. Lou actually went to the hospital, I think, to get like an x-ray on his shoulder, came back and finished the game because Robbie Tallis, the goalie coach still, was dressed in his gear ready to go in.
So like a day or two later, the Panthers come out with, say, okay, because of what happened, we're opening open goalie tryouts. So of course, everybody in the media who's a goalie, myself, Linda, We had to get there. We had to get on the ice. We had to see if we could we could cut it with the with the big leaders.
So like a day or two later, the Panthers come out with, say, okay, because of what happened, we're opening open goalie tryouts. So of course, everybody in the media who's a goalie, myself, Linda, We had to get there. We had to get on the ice. We had to see if we could we could cut it with the with the big leaders.
I don't know about you, but I didn't I didn't make the team.
I don't know about you, but I didn't I didn't make the team.
That was me and my 500 save percentage. I'll take it. Against two NHL guys, I'll take my 50 save percentage and go home.
That was me and my 500 save percentage. I'll take it. Against two NHL guys, I'll take my 50 save percentage and go home.
I never felt so my age than I did in that moment. I thought I was good. I'm out here like I'm a beer lead superstar. And then those guys are just making me feel like I was 10 years old. Oh, man.
I never felt so my age than I did in that moment. I thought I was good. I'm out here like I'm a beer lead superstar. And then those guys are just making me feel like I was 10 years old. Oh, man.
I don't know what happened. So sticking with the goalies, I did want to ask your opinion on the current goaltend. Not us, not the prospective NHL goalies, but the current ones. Maybe a softball, maybe not. But what is your goaltending Mount Rushmore currently of NHL goalies? And I'm sure Igor Shostakhin is on there because for me, he's like above and beyond.
I don't know what happened. So sticking with the goalies, I did want to ask your opinion on the current goaltend. Not us, not the prospective NHL goalies, but the current ones. Maybe a softball, maybe not. But what is your goaltending Mount Rushmore currently of NHL goalies? And I'm sure Igor Shostakhin is on there because for me, he's like above and beyond.