Brodeur bonanza: Five category winner

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Brodeur bonanza

Five-category winner

<!-- BYLINE GOES UNDER HERE --> By Mike Zeisberger (mike.zeisberger@tor.sunpub.com)

Martin Brodeur, take a bow. No player won more categories or earned more kudos from both players and media members who voted as part of the 2004 Toronto Sun poll.

His peers selected him as the top goaltender in the game.

The press picked him as the league's most valuable player, top Canadian, top goalie, and the one player you would build a franchise around.

When informed of his overwhelming showing in the final balloting, the New Jersey Devils star credited his gold-medal performance at the 2002 Olympics for much of this new-found notoriety.

"I think it's definitely nice," Brodeur said of the survey results.
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Brodeur bonanza
<!-- BYLINE GOES UNDER HERE --> By Lance Hornby, Toronto Sun


STARTING A FRANCHISE WITH

1. Martin Brodeur NJ 28

2. Peter Forsberg Col 20

3. Rick Nash CBJ 12

4. Joe Thornton Bos 9

5. Dany Heatley Atl 7

IT STARTS IN GOAL: Eighteen teams passed on Brodeur in the 1990 draft, including Vancouver, which picked Petr Nedved and Shawn Antoski ... The only goalie chosen ahead of him was Trevor Kidd.

HART TROPHY CANDIDATES

1. Martin Brodeur NJ 38

2. Ilya Kovalchuk Atl 17

3. Jose Theodore Mtl 8

Chris Pronger StL 8

5. Pavel Datsyuk Det 7

NO MATS, NO EDDIE: "Lack of Maple Leafs MVP votes is the strongest evidence yet that hockey is played outside of Toronto."

BEST GOALTENDER

1. Martin Brodeur NJ 52

2. Jose Theodore Mtl 18

3. Roberto Luongo Fla 16

4. Ed Belfour Tor 15

5. Marty Turco Dal 4

HE AIN'T HEAVY: Brodeur, Devils backbone, is headed for 400 career wins before his 32nd birthday. With Scott Stevens injured and scoring down, he's more vital.

NHL'S TOP CANADIAN

1. Martin Brodeur NJ 44

2. Joe Sakic Col 26

3. Joe Thornton Bos 18

4. Chris Pronger StL 10

5. Todd Bertuzzi Van 6

THE WORLDLY TYPE: With four wins in the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002, expect Brodeur to be back in goal for Canada at the World Cup in August and September.