Blues Place Legace on Waivers

[Son of a Wing 1,644]

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Blues put Legace on waivers

By Jeremy Rutherford

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

02/06/2009

The Blues placed goaltender Manny Legace on waivers this morning, the Post-Dispatch has learned.

The team will know this weekend whether Legace has been claimed by another team.

If he is not, Legace will be sent to Peoria.

"It's extremely tough," Legace said this morning. "You play your heart out for a team, and the minute you hit a little bit of a rough patch, they dump on you.

"It was very hard to hear."

Legace is 13-9-2 this season with a 3.18 goals-against average and an .885 save-percentage.

[egroen 384]

He has such a horrible, defeatist attitude - I am so glad he is no longer with the Wings.

[hoogs 8]

He was never meant to be a starting goalie in the NHL

[edicius 3,269]

Hide the rope.

[seeinred 1,488]

He has such a horrible, defeatist attitude - I am so glad he is no longer with the Wings.

That's not a defeatist attitude. He's just really hard on himself.

Sucks for Manny.

[C-TownWing 0]

He has such a horrible, defeatist attitude - I am so glad he is no longer with the Wings.

This.

He calls himself the worst player in the league the night he played us, then acts like a jilted girlfriend when this happens. If he believed what he said, this shouldn't be a shock, right?

[TheCaptain19 49]

he will probably get picked up.

[Zeta Power 40 1]

islanders will probably get him

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

That's not a defeatist attitude. He's just really hard on himself.

Sucks for Manny.

Therein lies the problem. While no team wants a goalie who passes the blame onto his teammates, equally they don't want a guy that's always down on himself and doesn't exude confidence to the 18 guys in front of him.

[seeinred 1,488]

Therein lies the problem. While no team wants a goalie who passes the blame onto his teammates, equally they don't want a guy that's always down on himself and doesn't exude confidence to the 18 guys in front of him.

I think that Manny's personality is such that he doesn't necessarily actually feel like every loss is his fault, but he feels better if he can try to make his teammates feel better about it by shouldering the blame himself. You have to appreciate that if you're on a team with him, I'd imagine.

[DMAC 25 18]

islanders will probably get him

its like the osgood thing all over again but this time i dont see him coming back to detroit haha

[pokemonbreeder18 6]

hes gone....Blues lost him Islanders will prolly take him

[b.shanafan14 733]

I've never been a Manny fan, but I do feel for the guy.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

I think that Manny's personality is such that he doesn't necessarily actually feel like every loss is his fault, but he feels better if he can try to make his teammates feel better about it by shouldering the blame himself. You have to appreciate that if you're on a team with him, I'd imagine.

Even if that were the case, it still doesn't radiate confidence with the guys in front of him. If your goalie called himself the "worst player in the league", how would you feel or play in front of him? My guess would be nervous and tentative. You can't have that at the NHL level...you'll be picked apart not just off the ice but on it as well.

[Mike 0]

Imagine Legace saying all of this with that look he had on his face on the bench during Monday's game.

[drwscc 212]

I bet he just wants to hang himself.

[gcom007 1,465]

And this is shocking in no way, shape or form. He never should've been a starter. Some people need to accept who and what they are.

[seeinred 1,488]

Even if that were the case, it still doesn't radiate confidence with the guys in front of him. If your goalie called himself the "worst player in the league", how would you feel or play in front of him? My guess would be nervous and tentative. You can't have that at the NHL level...you'll be picked apart not just off the ice but on it as well.

I didn't mean to say it's necessarily a good thing as far as playing is concerned, just that since that's the kind of guy Manny is, it makes me feel for him that much more that he's being waived.

[soultrain 43]

he needs to rip the bong with the wheaties guy.

[Chunkylover 26]

Definitely feel bad for him. He's done real well for them since they acquired him, but every goal he let in against us on Monday was terrible and he alone bears the blame for them. I remember when he was mic'd up for the All-Star game last year he did have this "Eeyore" kind of attitude where he either didn't take things seriously or became over-critical of himself. If he was my teammate, I'd feel for him and try my best to help him, but that kind of defeatism would be a blackhole to the rest of the team.

[johnnyoski 0]

Imagine Legace saying all of this with that look he had on his face on the bench during Monday's game.

I couldn't see his face. He looked like he was sleeping in a nest.

[P. Marlowe 748]

You act like what he says matters more than how he plays.

[Kira 451]

It's a very tough thing to accept, and it doesn't matter who you are. My heart goes out to him, and wherever he lands, I wish him well.

[StevieY9802 6]

He'll probably say he deserved another chance like he did when the Wings let him go in 06. That bugged me back then. You had two chances, 04 & 06, and blew it both times. Cujo bailed you out in 04 and you probably would have been yanked in game 5 against the Oilers had Ozzie not been hurt. He's had a good career as a backup regular season goalie and that's about it.

[NeverForgetMac25 483]

I didn't mean to say it's necessarily a good thing as far as playing is concerned, just that since that's the kind of guy Manny is, it makes me feel for him that much more that he's being waived.

Gotcha.

Now that being said, while this doesn't seem to be Manny's personality he would probably greatly benefit from an attitude adjustment. Even though people don't change, the attitude in which he approaches his job could make a difference in this happening again.