Bleedsblue&white
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Crap floats too.
Just sayin.
Just sayin.
I saw that... he put stipulations on trading him for Rask. As for every other goalie in the league there were no conditions... just a flat out NO.
Any other goalie??? Doesn't Reimer have 4 NHL games under his belt?
You wouldn't trade him for Price? Or like 20 other NHL goalies?
Why trade him for anyone right now? It's not like we gave him a tryout as he was walking by the ACC one day and thought he was good enough to give some games to.
He's excelled at every level, including the NHL so far. He looks flat out awesome. He certainly won't be able to keep up these lofty numbers, but he might just post top level stats over his career. Maybe better than the other guys.
Well this is all hypothetical anyways, but.... why trade him right now? Because he is playing good hockey but the chance of him actually being the elite goalie he's been over the past 4 NHL games is extremely slim. I'm not saying that he isn't going to be an NHL caliber starter... or even a top half of the league starter... hell, he may actually end up being the best goalie in the league.
I just don't see the logic behind saying that you wouldn't trade a guy that was 3rd (at best) on your depth chart up until a couple games ago for any goalie in the league. That's like the Rangers not being willing to trade Derek Stepan for Crosby after he had a hattrick in his first NHL game. "He's excelled at every level and now he has scored a hattrick in every NHL game he's played in."
You honestly wouldn't trade Reimer for Price right now?
Habspatrol, at some point you got this Price vs Reimer thing stuck in your head, I'm really not sure why. We also aren't counting on him keeping up the .947. You see, our other goalies can't even give us .900.
All we're saying is he probably deserved more respect for his track record than he's been given to this point.
Yea, normally I would bypass this statement if it was made by like HL or zeke or something.. but considering LOF's track record, I really believe he is serious when he says that. I also believe that he is serious in thinking that there is a possibility Reimer will keep up this level of play.I assume that LOF is in the extreme minority when he says that he wouldn't trade Reimer for any goalie in the league besides MAYBE Rask.
That's just dumb, even taking it in the context that this thread has led up to a statement like that.
Obviously we make that move, but it NEVER EVER gets offered.
So stop trying to keep bringing it up. It's Reimer vs. Bernier as the thread was started before a little bit ridiculous of a comment was made.
Contextually I think he meant that it makes no sense for us to trade Reimer unless we get another good goalie who is also young and can grow with the team, a la Rask. I'm sure everyone here would jump all over Luongo, Lundqvist, Miller, etc. Price would also fit that bill, but it's ridiculous to consider a trade like that.
It's probably fair to point out that the leafs have also scored 16 goals in the three games he's played so far. That makes it a hell of a lot easier for a goalie when he's got the goal support.
That said, I can see why someone might say they wouldn't trade Reimer period right now. His potential is probably higher than his trade value right now.
For sure... you can't trade him for what his market value is right now. However, if you got a crazy good offer for an established yet young top flight NHL goalie it would be too good to pass up.
So back to my original question. Would you trade Reimer for Bernier right now?
I gotta think that most of the league would choose Bernier. That doesn't make it the right deal mind you.
Or how about this. Would you trade him for any of these "good young goalies?" If so, which ones? I'll leave out the ones that I think are too far fetched.
Bobrovsky
Pavalec
Bernier
Quick
Neuvirth
Varlamov
Lindback
Schneider
Lehner