Yes, of course. .938, 6-2-0, 3 SO, 1.62 gaa -- that's a #1 goaltender on a contending team.
It does kind of burn at how many ex-Leafs are on playoff teams right now: Reims, Spaling, Polak, Schenn, Versteeg, Holzer, Steen, Gunnarsson, Panik, Granberg, Kessel, Moore, Grabovski, Kulemin, Stalberg, Winnik, Sill, Bolland, McKegg, Stralman...
What that says to me is that the players were not the principal problem with this team over the years, but rather the front office and coaching staff.
The Reimer trade is another mistake management has made.
They gave Reimer away which only degrades their future trades as team realize if the leafs want to get rid of a player they can play low ball and steal that player
IMHO they decided their goalie of the future was Reimer, and dealt him to the Sharks so that they could give Bernier starts to increase his trade value, and to run Sparks through the gauntlet to see what he had in him.
The alternative would've been to have Reimer "get injured" Ã la Lupul/Bozak/Robidas/etc. but they traded him instead.
I would guess the reasoning lies somewhere along the line of giving Reimer a chance to play some playoff games and exorcise the spectre of Game 7 against the Bruins.
Not even so much for Reiner himself, but for the fanbase.
If Reimer is this summer's goalie FA signing, it's a lot easier to sell the fanbase on it if Reimer has a) won with another team (currently 6-2-0 with three shutouts!) and b) won a playoff game to prove he isn't a choke artist.
And the irony of ironies is that if he does win a playoff game (and dare to dream, a playoff series!) he would do it for a team with possibly a worse choking reputation than Toronto!
geez, I thought this was going to be a thread about Pogge/Rask
Considering Reimer was a pending UFA, with how up and down his tenure has been here there's very good reasons he would have walked as a UFA anyway to another team.
Reimer is 6-2 with a .938 save percentage and 3 shutouts in 8 games with San Jose.
As long as we keep Bibeau, we didn't get rid of the wrong goalie.
Reimer nor Bernier is going to be the starting goalie for this team long term. We're not even close to competing.
That's not why they traded him.
He was moved because he is a pending UFA that the Team had no interest in retaining.
Jones would have to collapse to allow reimer to get a game in for the playoffs.
Maybe I was a little hyperbolic there haha.A Sharks player collapse? When has such a thing ever happened?
I don't think Jones actually has to collapse for Reimer to see play though. If he starts out with a couple weak but not horrible games (in the .890-.910 range), then I think Reimer gets the next start.
Yup....They got rid of the goalie that last took them to the playoffs and because of him they achieved so much.
A good goalie on a garbage team will not give you good numbers!