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Blue Jackets vs. Maple Leafs - Dec. 29th, 7:00pm - SN, Fan 590

Again...you've got a fragile goalie in there, you _know_ it, and you still  make "defensive" plays like that last one.
 
I do think there is something to the point that this team, more than some others, feeds defensively off the goalie's demeanor.  I think you can trace that to the fact that they have never had a star #1 defenseman who is a rock since ... Salming?
 
Bender said:
Chris said:
herman said:
Skaters make mistakes and have breakdowns; with 5 people trying to play in concert against 5 others trying to mess them up, it?s inevitable. Goalie has to goalie. If the goalie needs sheltering, he shouldn?t be goalieing.
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Even playing road hockey as kids, we knew not to have 3 guys chase 1 behind our own net. Yeah, would be great to get a save there but...that just can't happen.
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4 goals on 11 shots. Not all of them were guaranteed goals. A save can be made once in a while.
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I don't think anybody is arguing that point and he made a beauty on the McCabe giveaway but the team as a while have been awful defensively this season. The 4th goal was a prime example of guys not doing their jobs.
 
So what do they do...third period, I don't think I'd put Jones in. But I think they have to start thinking about getting another goalie, maybe Hildeby gets a shot?
 
Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
I do think there is something to the point that this team, more than some others, feeds defensively off the goalie's demeanor.  I think you can trace that to the fact that they have never had a star #1 defenseman who is a rock since ... Salming?
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Salming is the greatest Leafs D in history.
 
Chris said:
So what do they do...third period, I don't think I'd put Jones in. But I think they have to start thinking about getting another goalie, maybe Hildeby gets a shot?
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