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The Great Leafs Centennial Goaltending Debate

Actually, Kadri is scoring at his regular pace as last season and nearly every Leaf has at least a point from the 1st to the 4th line and throughout most of the D.  How many games did it take last season to have that many points makers on the roster?
 
Nik the Trik said:
Something to keep in mind re: the team's "scoring power" is that aside from the Kid line right now things actually have been kind of grim. The team's scored 21 goals in 6 games, or 3.5 a game, but just under half of those goals have only come from Matthews and Nylander. When those two come back to earth a little bit one of the other lines is really going to have to step it up.
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Yeah. As much as we like to talk about the team's offensive depth, right now, ~3/4 of the team's goals (15/21) have been scored by 4 players (Matthews, Nylander, JvR, and Kadri). While I imagine that's not unusual at this point in the season, it certainly doesn't make me feel confident that the goal scoring won't fall off fairly dramatically at some point.
 
TBLeafer said:
How about Andersen just makes it a point to get to league average play.  In fact anything over .900 and the Leafs have the scoring power to win most of its games.

If you can't hold teams to 3 goals or less on a regular basis, regardless of team defence, you are not an NHL goalie.  I still believe Andersen to be an NHL goalie and its high time he gets out of his funk.
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Someone this morning made the comparison to Cam Talbot. He was pretty horrific for stretches of play withe Oilers last year, especially early in the season. This year he looks like one of the best goalies on the planet. This is going to be a long process, but an enjoyable one.

BTW, exactly half the league holds their competition to less than 3 goals/game, so that number is pretty average vs. pretty bad.
 
https://twitter.com/myregularface/status/791079079105658880

As terrible as his night was going he still refused to give up on it. I think that says something.
 
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Gutsy performance tonight from the big Dane!
 
They paid for an average NHL starter. Now they're starting to get one.

Hope he can keep up the play of his last two games.
 
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Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun  4h4 hours ago
Karri Ramo working out with Leafs as he rehabs from last year's injury but club says he's not signed or part of team. Just hanging out!

Its seems everyone who's able just wants to be a part of this organization any way they can...

Another player with no contract working out with the team.
 
Garret Sparks (and Andersen) got a go at the new goalie pants for the potential streamlining rules.

https://www.ggsunited.com/blogs/news/new-nhl-spec-streamlined-pants-review

When Frederik Andersen got his first pair late this summer from Bauer he called me over in the room just to show me. Our initial reaction was a shared one, in which we just couldn't really believe how small they were. We kind of chuckled, looked at each other, and realized we were stuck with what they were. His concern was protection, as I think is every goalie in the NHL?s primary concern when it comes to the reduction of gear size. I remember sliding them on and feeling like I was in a player?s girdle. The mobility was crazy, they weighed a fraction of the pants I was currently wearing and the pants I was currently wearing weighed a fraction of what I was wearing prior. Based on that comparison alone I knew that these pants would go a long way toward making the athletic freaks that mind NHL nets even freakier, precisely what the NHL was trying to avoid.

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The first time I skated with these new pants can only be described as a blessing from the Goalie Gods themselves. I have been working very hard lately at my game to get my conditioning to a level I haven?t attained before rather than being content with where I am as an athlete. Just wearing these pants over my old ones made the work I've done feel like it had been twice as effective. I was moving completely fluidly and effortlessly around the crease, low and strong with nothing holding me back on my pushes. I was getting to my spots in plenty of time and expending less energy to get there. I was making saves on good low shots that I hadn't been making in a long, long time just due to a restored range of motion I had been missing. The strain I had felt on my stance disappeared as I didn't have to structurally support gear too large for me any longer. My groin no longer had to work overtime to try and keep my legs together in spite of the naturally spread gait of the original 1s. The holes in my RVH closed themselves & my chest and pants now interact seamlessly rather than constantly battling each other to be the one that stops the puck. Even absorbing shots to the gut and chest has become automatic, a simple skill I couldn't for the life of me execute, as the original 1s pants made it near impossible to fold over on pucks fluidly. It was the first time I have truly felt like myself in a long time.
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I'd like Mr. Sparkles to keep talking goalie to me.
 
The bigger question I think would be does Enroth book a plane ticket to Sweden once he clears? Would be nice to clear that contract spot.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Coco-puffs said:
Using Bibeau as the backup, or signing Ramo is the question now.
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Almost definitely Ramo.
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Yeah, I expected that but no word had been given if he'd recovered from his injury.  Apparently, he has:

https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/805820871684358144

Chris Johnston:  "I'm told that Karri Ramo is close to getting medical clearance from his knee rehab"
 
I'd imagine they'd want to have Ramo "conditioned" for a stint on the Marlies first to see how he is in-game, so I can see where it makes sense to roll Bibeau first at any rate for a bit.
 
TBLeafer said:
I'd imagine they'd want to have Ramo "conditioned" for a stint on the Marlies first to see how he is in-game, so I can see where it makes sense to roll Bibeau first at any rate for a bit.
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Leafs play Wednesday and Saturday/Sunday this week.  Barring anything unforeseen happening to Andersen, our new backup gets his chance on Sunday.
 
Zee said:
TBLeafer said:
I'd imagine they'd want to have Ramo "conditioned" for a stint on the Marlies first to see how he is in-game, so I can see where it makes sense to roll Bibeau first at any rate for a bit.
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Leafs play Wednesday and Saturday/Sunday this week.  Barring anything unforeseen happening to Andersen, our new backup gets his chance on Sunday.
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Yep. But for his first opportunity, I think I'd prefer a goalie that has seen some in-game action already this season. Nod to Bibeau or a trade for backup now that we're in mid-season form, IMO.
 
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