What is apparent here by the comments, most Leafs fans expect their goalies to steal games for us to be successful.
Not the other way around, the team to steal games by playing well in front of their goalie.
Does anyone see the problem here, when one wants to talk about sustainable play?
i think it's obvious that people want to have a team that has sustainable play. last night's game was a very big problem with all the aspects of the team.
the first period, the only reason why it was a 0-0 game was because of Reimer. Not good.
the second period, the Offense explodes for 4 goals. and Reimer was given a 2 goal lead. (decent team effort)
the third period, the team allows only 6 goals, but we end up losing. team effort, and in my mind a goalie effort. (and it boils down to level of competition, the turtling effort, and coaching)
there is a legitimate concern to me regarding every aspect of the team. (goaltending included)
some people just want to lay it on Reimer's feet. (which, I think is fair. while Reimer was THE reason why the team was in it to begin with, Reimer wasn't stellar at the end, which is all that matters)
some people want to excuse Reimer, and blame the team (which is MORE than fair, because to a man, this team was clearly still enjoying Christmas).
truthfully, it's everything.