Lehner first goalie off ice at Golden Knights' skate, appears to be Game 4 starter

[SaintsThomas]

Pete DeBoer is a GENIUS.

Lehner is looking like a young Marty Brodeur tonight.

Vegas in 4!

His team somehow learned to play proper defense in the last 2 days

 

[WATTAGE4451]

Lehner got destroyed game 1 in Colorado, but fleurry hasn't really been sharp overall. He was great in the first few games of wild series, but mediocre after that, and was rarely tested in avs series and had a mediocre game although he had 1 or 2 sharp games.

 

[Albatros]

Lehner is looking like a young Marty Brodeur tonight.

Not sure that's the stylistic comparison I'd go for.

 

[The Wizard of Oz]

Identical to the Pens 2017 cup run. Fleury won two rounds vs great team and meets a much less opponent in the Ottawa Senators. Pens skate circles around Sens and are down 2-1 after three games. Sullivan goes with a healthy Murray and Pens win the cup. It was the right call then and is the right call now. Fleury cannot be trusted vs teams where the workload is lackluster.

It's gonna be sad if Vegas wins the cup and Lehner is the starter though. Fleury just can't do it himself since 2009. That has to really hurt him. To only be on the ice for 1 of 4 cups he's won has to suck.

Is he really a hall of fame goalie if this ends up being the case?

 

[SaintsThomas]

Lenher has been solid, but Knights are playing a much, much tighter defensive game.

The single goal is still on a breakaway. Again, Habs managed to outhustle the Knights and convert.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

The ballsy move pays off game 4

 

[Ezekial]

FIRE DEBOER

 

[River Meadow]

DeBoer looking like a genius once again.

Lehner is a FANTASTIC goalie.

 

[Kamina]

Lehner and Fleury are both great. That is the strength of Vegas. If they advance to the Finals and Lehner has a bad game, they can go back to Fleury. Or maybe they can do that later in this series perhaps. They're both reliable and they both give each other time to rest.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

What a terrible decision by DeBoer.

 

[Puckstop40]

If this is true, I honestly hope the Habs win this series so Deboer gets fired. If Lehner all of a sudden becomes the savior, everyone can feel free to come in here and let me know that this is why I’ll be nothing more than a HFBoards GM/Coach.

 

[dalewood12]

Feel bad for MAF, but this was the right move by Deboer.

 

[metalan2]

Is he really a hall of fame goalie if this ends up being the case?

He is, but he's nowhere near the goalie some people think he is.

 

[Hale The Villain]

People were acting like Lehner is trash

He's top 5 in the league in career save %

When he isn't in the shootout he's one of the best goalies in the league.

 

[saffronleaf]

I don't see why it's a big deal. They're both excellent goaltenders. Vegas is just using their strengths.

 

[T REX]

That was the right call

 

[Paul4587]

Vegas don’t win game 4 with Fleury in net. DeBoer gets it right.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

His team somehow learned to play proper defense in the last 2 days

They dominated the entire game 3 and Fleury shat the bed as usual.
The hell u talking about?

 

[Evincar]

Is he really a hall of fame goalie if this ends up being the case?

I dont understand why he has a better case than someone like Vernon who was very inconsistent. People like to transpose how great Fleury has played in Vegas back across his entire career with Pittsburgh. Its almost like 2009-2013 ( 4 straight playoffs of sub .900 Save %) never happened.

 

[Ainec]

Mtl needs to start Jake Allen

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Mtl needs to start Jake Allen

Hes 10-5 with a 2.10 GAA and .930

What?

 

[Gil Gunderson]

If Vegas wins this with Lehner, every team should be trying to acquire Fleury to only play him for the first three games of a playoff series.

 

[Sentinel]

Ballsy but stupid

Reeks of desperation, even without any changes they were still favorites to win but now they're willfully jeopardizing that. Makes no sense.

The crow is served well-done.

the relevancy police are here! it was a joke btw. Those who are humourless, wouldn't understand though

A less-than-stellar joke from a less-than-stellar poster.

 

[metalan2]

If Vegas wins this with Lehner, every team should be trying to acquire Fleury to only play him for the first three games of a playoff series.

You mean first two rounds and first 3 games. That's his typical work load when in a cup run.

See Pittsburgh Penguins 2017

 

[Albatros]

The crow is served well-done.

Winning a game against Montreal is not what the ambitions of that team should be.