Whos' the MVP: NHL Goalie Or NFL QB?

  In light of Tom Brady's devastating knee injury, is a top-flight goalie more important to a hockey team's ongoing success than a quarterback to a football squad? No question about it, I've never seen an NHL team go all the way without a killer net minder. I've watched countless football games where Roger Staubach or some legend of a quarterback gets injured and the third string comes in and BAM!! Touchdown, a legend is born. Sorry, it just doesn't work that way in the NHL.   Sure you can trade or call someone up from the minors, but in reality the NHL keeper is the pulse of a game. In football, if a quarterback is having a rough day, you put one less receiver on the field.  If he's injured, make sure he can stay in the pocket or better yet, rest him and keep the ball on the ground. No such luck in Hockey. Goalie has a bad day—the entire flow of the game changes. Players don't have confidence to play aggressive to the puck, defenses hang back at their blue line ... (link)