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The New Division

Lemieux is my favorite player of all time, but this play is highly, highly overrated. And no, it's not unprecedented. The more unprecedented part was kariya being ready for it.

if kariya doesn't expect it, mario looks like a dummy.
 
zeke said:
Lemieux is my favorite player of all time, but this play is highly, highly overrated. And no, it's not unprecedented. The more unprecedented part was kariya being ready for it.

if kariya doesn't expect it, mario looks like a dummy.
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or the puck goes into the corner and mario grabs it and scores one of his many goals from the goaline .. win win
 
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Happens all the time.
 
zeke said:
Lemieux is my favorite player of all time, but this play is highly, highly overrated. And no, it's not unprecedented. The more unprecedented part was kariya being ready for it.

if kariya doesn't expect it, mario looks like a dummy.
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Of course Kariya was ready for it. That's what hockey players are taught to do. They wait for an opportunity to knock in a deflected shot, a rebound, a deflected pass or any other way the puck ends up on his stick.
 
The NHL's top goalie tandems
Craig Custance

1. New Jersey
2. Ottawa
3. Anaheim
4. Chicago

5. Toronto Maple Leafs

This might be the most fascinating goalie competition in the league this preseason. James Reimer is a bit like Crawford in that he continues to have people who question his ability despite constant production whenever he is healthy. There aren't many other teams who would go out and trade for another starting-caliber goalie (Jonathan Bernier) after its incumbent had posted a .924 save percentage and led the team to the postseason. Clearly, there is question inside the Toronto organization as to whether Reimer is a legitimate No. 1 goalie on a playoff team.

The Kings organization loved Bernier, from his makeup to his skill set. Like Schneider, Bernier quietly handled a tough situation with class and will get every opportunity to earn regular playing time.

Opposing goalie's breakdown: "Reimer is the first goalie in 10 years to take that team to the playoffs. He showed when he's healthy he's capable of being a No. 1 goaltender. The new goaltending coach [Rick St. Croix] has allowed him to be more athletic and lighten up his style a little bit, where he has more freedom while still playing the way he learned from Francois Allaire. Bernier has some great fundamentals and a great read of the game and is coming from a team that has put up great results."
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6. NY Rangers
7. LA Kings
8. Pittsburgh
9. St. Louis
10. Boston
 
Reimer is kinda like Crawford, other than the fact that Reimer has better career numbers in only 48 fewer games played, and at Reimer's age Crawford had only played 7 NHL games, while being a very mediocre AHL goalie (.908sv%).
 
That's not a terrible comparison. Both simply solid young goaltenders not good enough by themselves to carry a non-elite team in the playoffs, but good enough to not be negatives for their teams.
 
My prediction:

Reimer will put up marginally better statistics by the end of the year - something like posting a .926 save percentage to Bernier's .919 - but Leafs fans will like Bernier more because his style of play leads to more highlight reel saves.
 
That's ridiculous, if only because .919 is not marginally less than .926.

but really, this "bernier will be preferred with worse numbers because he's flashier" is pure bullshit.
 
Starting goalie career numbers:

1. BOS T.Rask (26): .927 (138gms)
2. NJD C.Schneider (27): .927 (98gms)
3. WAS B.Holtby (24): .923 (57gms)
4. NYR H.Lundqvist (31): .920 (511gms)
5. VAN R.Luongo (34): .919 (747gms)
6. NAS P.Rinne (31): .919 (293gms)
7. DET J.Howard (29): .918 (234gms)
8. MIN N.Backstrom (35): .917 (369gms)
9. ANA J.Hiller (31): .917 (276gms)
10. STL J.Halak (28): .917 (220gms)
11. SJS A.Niemi (30): .917 (213gms)
12. CLM S.Bobrovsky (25): .917 (121gms)
13. BUF R.Miller (33): .915 (500gms)
14. OTT C.Anderson (31): .915 (318gms)
15. MTL C.Price (26): .915 (310gms)
16. LAK J.Quick (27): .915 (286gms)
17. TOR J.Reimer (25): .915 (104gms)
18. DAL K.Lehtonen (30): .914 (380gms)
19. PHX M.Smith (31): .913 (263gms)
20. CHI C.Crawford (29): .913 (152gms)
21. EDM D.Dubnyk (27): .913 (139gms)
22. TBL B.Bishop (27): .913 (46gms)
23. NYI E.Nabokov (38): .912 (646gms)
24. COL S.Varlamov (25): .912 (147gms)
25. PIT M.Fleury (28): .910 (467gms)
26. CAR C.Ward (28): .910 (431gms)
27. PHI R.Emery (31): .908 (228gms)
28. WPG O.Pavelec (26): .907 (231gms)
29. FLA J.Markstrom (23): .906 (31gms)
30. CAL J.MacDonald (33): .903 (122gms)


Backup Goalie Career Numbers:

1. CAR A.Khudobin (27): .933 (21gms)
2. BOS C.Johnson (27): .929 (10gms)
3. OTT R.Lehner (22): .925 (25gms)
4. ANA V.Fasth (31): .921 (25gms)
5. PIT T.Vokoun (37): .917 (700gms)
6. MIN J.Harding (29): .915 (122gms)
7. BUF J.Enroth (25): .914 (43gms)
8. NJD M.Brodeur (41): .913 (1220gms)
9. COL J.Giguere (36): .913 (575gms)
10. TOR J.Bernier (25): .912 (62gms)
11. PHX T.Greiss (27): .912 (44gms)
12. NYI K.Poulin (23): .912 (21gms)
13. NYR M.Biron (36): .911 (506gms)
14. LAK B.Scrivens (27): .910 (32gms)
15. STL B.Elliott (28): .909 (204gms)
16. WAS M.Neuvirth (25): .909 (121gms)
17. TBL A.Lindback (25): .909 (62gms)
18. SJS A.Stalock (26): .909 (3gms)
19. CHI N.Khabibulin (40): .908 (795gms)
20. DET J.Gustavsson (29): .899 (114gms)
21. DAL D.Ellis (33): .908 (184gms)
22. EDM J.Labarbera (33): .908 (175gms)
23. FLA S.Clemmensen (36): .907 (171gms)
24. WPG A.Montoya (28): .906 (63gms)
25. PHI S.Mason (25): .905 (239gms)
26. MTL P.Budaj (31): .903 (272gms)
27. CBJ C.McElhinney (30): .899 (69gms)
28. CAL K.Ramo (27): .895 (48gms)
29. NAS C.Hutton (28): .893 (1gms)
30. VAN E.Lack (25): ----
 
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