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Reimer Taking Nothing for Granted

http://www.stevedangle.com/james-reimer-bonus-material

Good article on a recent Reimer interview, can't wait to read what was published in the Maple Leafs Annual.
 
It is nice to see younger players who are down to earth and realistic. He knows he going to have work hard to keep his job, and he is not entitled to anything this season unless he earns it
 
I don't ever want to see a picture like this ever again:

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High Praise for Reimer

OSHAWA - As if James Reimer won?t be under enough pressure when the Maple Leafs open training camp this weekend, he got a heap of praise from the team?s goaltending consultant, Francois Allaire, on Sunday.

?I have started a lot of young kids in the league, some really good ones, and I think James is as good as anyone else I have coached so far in my career,? Allaire said. ?(Reimer?s) progression has been phenomenal for one reason ? his work ethic has been phenomenal. I?ve been impressed with James the last two seasons.?

Allaire had a hand in making Patrick Roy what he became in the National Hockey League. Jean-Sebastien Giguere won a Stanley Cup in Anaheim with Allaire as his guide.

 
Fanatic said:
High Praise for Reimer

OSHAWA - As if James Reimer won?t be under enough pressure when the Maple Leafs open training camp this weekend, he got a heap of praise from the team?s goaltending consultant, Francois Allaire, on Sunday.

?I have started a lot of young kids in the league, some really good ones, and I think James is as good as anyone else I have coached so far in my career,? Allaire said. ?(Reimer?s) progression has been phenomenal for one reason ? his work ethic has been phenomenal. I?ve been impressed with James the last two seasons.?

Allaire had a hand in making Patrick Roy what he became in the National Hockey League. Jean-Sebastien Giguere won a Stanley Cup in Anaheim with Allaire as his guide.
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Well this is very good news. Allaire does know goalies.
 
I was somewhat familiar with this story but had never seen it laid out quite like this, not ashamed to say I shed a tear or two...

http://watch.tsn.ca/featured/clip531532#clip531532
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
I was somewhat familiar with this story but had never seen it laid out quite like this, not ashamed to say I shed a tear or two...

http://watch.tsn.ca/featured/clip531532#clip531532
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Required viewing for Leaf fans.
 
Man, I started watching and had to stop cause i'm here at the office and didn't want to tear up.  I'll watch it later.
 
I hope the kid can handle the pressure he's gonna receive. Almost every Leafs fan I talk to seems to think he's the second coming of......(insert last great Leafs goaltender here). He seems like the personality type to handle it, but I fear for him if he falters at all. One thing about Leafs Nation, we seem to enjoy eating our own players almost as much as we love cheering for them. I so hope he's what we saw and not a one half season wonder.
 
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I hope the kid can handle the pressure he's gonna receive. Almost every Leafs fan I talk to seems to think he's the second coming of......(insert last great Leafs goaltender here). He seems like the personality type to handle it, but I fear for him if he falters at all. One thing about Leafs Nation, we seem to enjoy eating our own players almost as much as we love cheering for them. I so hope he's what we saw and not a one half season wonder.
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It's all about his technique.  If he works with Allaire to refine his style of play he should be fine.  One thing I like about Reimer is he seems to be very grounded as a person.  There's no late night partying / boozing for him, he's a family man from a very young age, and he's committed to being the best he can possibly be.
 
Zee said:
  There's no late night partying / boozing for him, he's a family man from a very young age, and he's committed to being the best he can possibly be.
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I don't know. Considering the pasts of Patrick Roy, Eddie Belfour and the like I'm not sure being a straight arrow is necessarily a good thing when goaltending is concerned.
 
Saint Nik said:
Zee said:
  There's no late night partying / boozing for him, he's a family man from a very young age, and he's committed to being the best he can possibly be.
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I don't know. Considering the pasts of Patrick Roy, Eddie Belfour and the like I'm not sure being a straight arrow is necessarily a good thing when goaltending is concerned.
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Brodeur, Cujo, Hasek?
 
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