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LeafGm said:
Can anyone name a backup goaltender better than Ben Scrivens in recent Leaf history? He's given us a chance to win every game he's played except one stinker near the beginning of the year.

Don't think we'd be able to say the same about Kipper or any of the other crappy veteran flotsam and jetsam that'd be floating around on the trade market right now.
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Never seen a more awkward goalie in my life...From the way he holds his glove to the way he comes out of the net and either falls or messes up(so many close calls)...
 
Faltered? Didn't we go .500 while Reimer was out? I think most teams would be pretty pleased with a .500 record with their starting goalie out, especially considering it was through a pretty gruelling part of the schedule as well.
 
LeafGm said:
Faltered? Didn't we go .500 while Reimer was out? I think most teams would be pretty pleased with a .500 record with their starting goalie out, especially considering it was through a pretty gruelling part of the schedule as well.
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Its one thing when your starting goalie goes down once. Its different when it happens consistently every year.

Reimer has undeniably been injury prone his whole career as a pro so far.
 
This years playoffs is really wide open... Yes Pitt has done what it's done, but They have now Crosby, Martin, Letang injured... this really could be a year that a hot goalie takes you all the way.

I admit you go with Reimer but someone whose been there (Kipper) could literally find his groove in a playoff run and be there IF Reimer faulters.
 
Who said anything about brinigng in Kipper. All Nonis said is they would like to bring in a reliable vet incase they need him.

You're just filling in the blanks with guys you don't like.

That trade probably isn't even out there right now. Doesn't mean he shouldn't be looking.
 
LeafGm said:
Faltered? Didn't we go .500 while Reimer was out? I think most teams would be pretty pleased with a .500 record with their starting goalie out, especially considering it was through a pretty gruelling part of the schedule as well.
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Scrivens played real well when Reimer went down. He's been one of the best backups in the league.

His mediocre w/l record is due to the lack of goals the Leafs have scored with him in goal.

But w/l records for goalies are as meaningful as w/l are for pitchers.
 
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James Mirtle ‏@mirtle 60s

Nonis: "Some players, it’d be a reach just to say that they can help you." Hmmmmm.
 
First of all, if the rumour is true that Lou shot down the trade to us earlier in the year...THANK YOU LOU! I was all for getting Lou due to our 7 years of crappy goaltending and didn't want to go through it again. However, it is such a great thing we never pulled the trigger on that one.

Second, all this talk about adding Kipper is troublesome. Our goalies have done such a great job for us this year, lets just roll with them and give them the experience. If it was to add a depth third string guy with a little experience I am fine with that. But adding Kipper means Scrivens is out of the picture for the rest of the year.
 
leafman101 said:
Who said anything about brinigng in Kipper. All Nonis said is they would like to bring in a reliable vet incase they need him.

You're just filling in the blanks with guys you don't like.

That trade probably isn't even out there right now. Doesn't mean he shouldn't be looking.
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Anyone you bring in will be more expensive than Scrivens.
 
MapleLeafBlueJayBoy said:
First of all, if the rumour is true that Lou shot down the trade to us earlier in the year...THANK YOU LOU! I was all for getting Lou due to our 7 years of crappy goaltending and didn't want to go through it again. However, it is such a great thing we never pulled the trigger on that one.
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...as 101 pointed out, clearly Lu didn't veto any deal, or Vancouver and Toronto wouldn't have continued talking trade for months afterwards, if that had been the case.
 
To me the guy Nonis is looking for is Tim Thomas. Too bad he isn't playing right now. But I bet he is all over that in the summer.
 
@mirtle Nonis also said today that if the Leafs had a really good, experienced third goalie "then we wouldn’t be in the market at all."
 
The fact Nonis might think goaltending is a need has me worried...a lot.

The strengths of this team this year (in no order) have been goaltending, wing production, #1 C, and #1 dman.

This team needs another steady, puck skilled dman that can play in the top 4 and maybe another C. Those should be priorities.
 
He didn't even say that it is a priority. He said they are looking for a vet insurance policy/3rd stringer. You guys are reading far too much into this.

Nonis comments today quiet every single one of your concerns. He's not after Luongo or Kipper.
 
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