What happened in TO had nothing to do with the goaltending situation, in fact I'd suggest as far as goaltending goes, we would be lucky to have here what TO had this year. Their issue was team defense. Their goaltending was outstanding, due in no small part to Reimer. I truly believe that the competition between Reimer and Bernier, brought out the absolute best in Bernier, and their absolute collapse had more to do with luck catching up with them and Bernier getting injured than with Reimer's goaltending. I mean if you don't play a goalie for a month and a half then tell him to carry your team, you're in for a bad time.
To me, bringing Reimer in, isn't bringing in another starter, it's bringing in a young backup goalie who has a lot of potential to be a starter, and that potential is what will drive Ramo to play his best night in and night out, because he will know that if he doesn't play well, there is another goalie on the team that is capable of playing well when given a chance.
Also, you must factor in that this team wants to make the playoffs next year, so you need a goalie that cannot just play 25-35 games, but that can win the majority of them, and I believe Reimer is capable of that. Most people seem to be expecting that Ramo will be Kiprusoff and see 65-75 starts and that the back-up is just a formality, but that just isn't going to be the case. In my opinion, Ramo will see between 50-60 starts (assuming he doesn't lose the starting job) meaning that 22-32 starts will need to be made up by the backup goalie, as well as ice-time coming off the bench, as Ramo will have his bad nights, just like everyone else.
If we can get Reimer cheap, I think he is exactly what this team needs going forward.
