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http://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs...re-to-go-but-for-low-rent-goalie-ben-scrivens
When Curtis Joseph had the job, he sometimes got a room at a fancy downtown hotel just to take an afternoon nap in peace. When Ed Belfour had the job, he lived for a time in a Forest Hill mansion with seven bathrooms, a steam room and a sauna.
Now that Ben Scrivens has the job — and we’re referring, of course, to his tenuous appointment as Maple Leafs starting goaltender — you probably assumed he’d be grabbing his pre-game snooze in one of this rich city’s more luxurious spaces.
You’d be wrong. Scrivens currently resides with his wife in a basement apartment in a quiet west-end neighbourhood. His daily grind sees him emerge from his subterranean abode and commute to the rink in a 1998 Chevy pickup truck he bought used on the Internet site Kijiji.
He says neighbours haven’t yet recognized him as one of the city’s most-talked-about residents, perhaps because he often heads off to work in a lumberjack jacket and a black toque.
“I try to keep a low profile,†the 26-year-old Scrivens was saying on Monday. “Everyone thinks I’m going welding or something.â€
“I’m cost-conscious,†is how he puts it. He is also 14 games into his NHL career, which means he should be. His NHL salary is listed at $600,000, but the lockout-shortened season means he’ll only make a little more than half of that if he stays in the league. If he finds himself back in the AHL, he’ll earn a pro-rated take on $105,000 per annum.
So don’t expect a move to the penthouse, let alone a new car.
“I’d rather spend my money going on a vacation seeing the world and travelling and doing experiential things than havingyou guys say, ‘Oh, nice car,’†Scrivens said.
