Ottawa's goaltending - Must read!

Why wouldnt you want to try and resign him, that is a huge hole left on your wings. Fact of the matter is LEclaire is a good goaltender and could be a number one if he stays healthy, if he can, you have Elliott who is close to being a number 1 and just finds ways to win, if he falters, you have a guy that can step right in and steal games for you.

Ottawa goaltending situation is fine. Chicago, Philly, Washinton, Detroit, they are in a lot of trouble.

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cloverleaf wrote:

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cloverleaf wrote:

cool. and in the meantime we play with elliott and leclaire again? and the year after that?
when would it be time to get a true #1? Hopefully this offseason when there are some good UFA's available. nabokov, ellis, biron, turco, theodore are available off the top of my head. not saying all those would be who we should be looking at but, we need to do something to improve our tender situation because it is horrendous

I'd rather have Leclaire than this guy; thank you very much

hmmm, it is close, but, i think i would rather Theodore myself. in him, you have the guy that will be there, healthy and the sens D can get used to playing in front of him and learn tendancies and how help each other.

with leclaire, no one knows because he is always injured and when he is available he doesn't practice hard or even the way he plays. tough to get used to that.

just my opinion.

I have to wholeheartedly disagree with you on that one.

lol. no problem. i love opinions. i have lots.

Opinions based on fantasy hockey, awesome.

N4L wrote:Why wouldnt you want to try and resign him, that is a huge hole left on your wings. Fact of the matter is LEclaire is a good goaltender and could be a number one if he stays healthy, if he can, you have Elliott who is close to being a number 1 and just finds ways to win, if he falters, you have a guy that can step right in and steal games for you.

Ottawa goaltending situation is fine. Chicago, Philly, Washinton, Detroit, they are in a lot of trouble.

Detroit? They have a stud in there - a possible Calder nominee.

I'd put money on Leclaire returning next year, Murray will take this as a 2 year experiment before he decides to cut ties.

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N4L wrote:Why wouldnt you want to try and resign him, that is a huge hole left on your wings. Fact of the matter is LEclaire is a good goaltender and could be a number one if he stays healthy, if he can, you have Elliott who is close to being a number 1 and just finds ways to win, if he falters, you have a guy that can step right in and steal games for you.

Ottawa goaltending situation is fine. Chicago, Philly, Washinton, Detroit, they are in a lot of trouble.

Detroit? They have a stud in there - a possible Calder nominee.

I'd take Elliott over Howard any day of the week.

Dude, Howard is not a stud or a Calder Nominee. I hope that was sarcasim because Howard has been ok for Detroit and is basically their only hope this year if they want a long cup run.

Next year will be a contract year for Leclaire. if I'm not mistaken, his one great season in columbus was also a contract year?

either way, our goaltending is set till the end of next season....least of our concerns despite how the media wants to spin it.

SDH89 wrote:I'd put money on Leclaire returning next year, Murray will take this as a 2 year experiment before he decides to cut ties.

Exactly, and why wouldnt he. You have two guys who believe they are numbers 1s, eating up bery minimal cap space, and you get to pick and choose who your goaltender is. Thank God normal people dont run a franchise because the Mike Milbury approch doesnt work too often, if ever.

Fans are fans for a reason.

Michallica wrote:Next year will be a contract year for Leclaire. if I'm not mistaken, his one great season in columbus was also a contract year?

either way, our goaltending is set till the end of next season....least of our concerns despite how the media wants to spin it.

Exactly, Elliott has been the molson cup winner for two straight months now and there is problems with our goaltending. If The Sens win their division and Elliott turns out to be The Molson Cup winner, wow, yaaaaa, big problem.

Sucks when you have guys like Elliott who might let in 4 goals but still finds a way to win... or when his team doesnt show up keeps them in it until they get a bounce. Ouuuuch.

Again, all this guy and other guys who know very little other then the goals and assist column do is post stats to prove points. Hell, Heut is going to cost Chicago the cup, probably Theodore in Washington too, but yeah, Ottawa has bottom 5 goaltending, haha.

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N4L wrote:Why wouldnt you want to try and resign him, that is a huge hole left on your wings. Fact of the matter is LEclaire is a good goaltender and could be a number one if he stays healthy, if he can, you have Elliott who is close to being a number 1 and just finds ways to win, if he falters, you have a guy that can step right in and steal games for you.

Ottawa goaltending situation is fine. Chicago, Philly, Washinton, Detroit, they are in a lot of trouble.

Detroit? They have a stud in there - a possible Calder nominee.

I'd take Elliott over Howard any day of the week.

Any day, every day.

Here's the facts: When you try to find analysis of your team, don't ask the dudes who don't see the 82 games.

N4L wrote:Dude, Howard is not a stud or a Calder Nominee. I hope that was sarcasim because Howard has been ok for Detroit and is basically their only hope this year if they want a long cup run.

What, who are you talking about? It can't be Jimmy Howard, he's been absolutely stellar for Detroit. Amazing.

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N4L wrote:Dude, Howard is not a stud or a Calder Nominee. I hope that was sarcasim because Howard has been ok for Detroit and is basically their only hope this year if they want a long cup run.

What, who are you talking about? It can't be Jimmy Howard, he's been absolutely stellar for Detroit. Amazing.

Hes been OK. No where near a Calder Candiate or a true number 1, anywhere else besides maybe Philly and he is the backup. Detroit has absolutely no goaltending depth.

Elliott has been so much better then Howard this conversation shouldnt be taking place.

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cloverleaf wrote:

TheAvatar wrote:

cloverleaf wrote:

cool. and in the meantime we play with elliott and leclaire again? and the year after that?
when would it be time to get a true #1? Hopefully this offseason when there are some good UFA's available. nabokov, ellis, biron, turco, theodore are available off the top of my head. not saying all those would be who we should be looking at but, we need to do something to improve our tender situation because it is horrendous

I'd rather have Leclaire than this guy; thank you very much

hmmm, it is close, but, i think i would rather Theodore myself. in him, you have the guy that will be there, healthy and the sens D can get used to playing in front of him and learn tendancies and how help each other.

with leclaire, no one knows because he is always injured and when he is available he doesn't practice hard or even the way he plays. tough to get used to that.

just my opinion.

I have to wholeheartedly disagree with you on that one.

theodore won the hart trophy only 8 years ago. he was healthy all season in 2001-02 when he won and he has been healthy ever since. sure he has missed 1-5 games here and there, but most goalies do. i remember a foot injury awhile back where he missed lots of time. besides the point, i think we can agree he is a healthy goalie.
take a look at who his defense was when he won the hart and vezina.

Rivet
Dykhuis
Quintal
Brisebois
Markov
Robidas

From top to bottom, those D played the most games. Markov, Robidas and add in Souray (as he played the 7th most games on D for montreal). That D is not spectacular and I can match them one for one with a current sens D man.

So why can't we have a hart and vezina winner? Montreals D had the privelge of knowing how Theodore played as he was healthy all season. they knew where theodore put his rebounds, when he gave them, when to block a shot, when not to. They were used to how Theodore handled the puck and even when he didn't. They knew how Theodeore liked 2 on 1's played. I could go on and on.

do not under-value the confidence a D gets when they knew what their goalie is going to do and how he plays. That is what you get from a healthy goalie that is a practice all the time and also practicing like he plays.

that is something you will never get from leclaire.

Yep, I want Theodore over leclaire if that is the only choice you give me. you betcha.

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N4L wrote:Dude, Howard is not a stud or a Calder Nominee. I hope that was sarcasim because Howard has been ok for Detroit and is basically their only hope this year if they want a long cup run.

What, who are you talking about? It can't be Jimmy Howard, he's been absolutely stellar for Detroit. Amazing.

Hes been OK. No where near a Calder Candiate or a true number 1, anywhere else besides maybe Philly and he is the backup. Detroit has absolutely no goaltending depth.

Elliott has been so much better then Howard this conversation shouldnt be taking place.

I don't understand, je ne comprend pas.

Seriously, I don't understand what you're saying.

SpezDispenser wrote:

N4L wrote:Dude, Howard is not a stud or a Calder Nominee. I hope that was sarcasim because Howard has been ok for Detroit and is basically their only hope this year if they want a long cup run.

What, who are you talking about? It can't be Jimmy Howard, he's been absolutely stellar for Detroit. Amazing.

Yeah he's played really well. Though I don't think he qualifies for calder, wasn't he there last season?? I always thought Elliott and Howard were good comparisions.

Yeah, because the game hanst changed since 2002, haha, the equipment has shrunk either... We should go out and get Hasek too. Hell, its ONLY been 8 years. haha, who else can we get from 8 years ago in the clutch and grab and oversized goaltending era...