edicius 3,269 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Well, I guess that answers that question in Philly. @NHLFlyersUPDATE: The Flyers today placed goaltender Michael Leighton on waivers, according to Flyers General Manager Paul Holmgren. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest mindfly Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Pcik him up Kenny, can't be worse than howard/osgood atm. 2 IILeiBlazeII and Rick D reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achildr1 255 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Pcik him up Kenny, can't be worse than howard/osgood atm. You continuously out do yourself. No. 3 mjlegend, Hockeymom1960 and LadyInRed reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevkrause 1,247 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 It's a win-now, results based league and unfortunately for Leighton, he just wasn't out-performing either Bobrovsky or Boucher... one of the 3 had to be cut loose... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miss Wing Queen 154 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Is this going to become a trend now? Granted Leighton didn't play last night, but are the goalies of the NHL going to look at the schedule and see they're playing Detroit and say to themselves, "Oh, s***," and wonder about job security? I guess we're just the bad luck charm for those NHL teams with three goalies, eh? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevkrause 1,247 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 You continuously out do yourself. No. a list of things I take more seriously than mindfly: 1. A promise from a politician 2. The artistic musical styling of one Justin Bieber 3. The word of an AD in college football that there will not be a coaching change and they are committed to the current coach, after a couple sub-par seasons 4. Brett Favre's retirement announcements 5. The complaints of a woman wearing a low cut, 2 sizes too small shirt, that guys always stare at her boobs 6. The weather report I could go on... 26 Creasemonkey, Theophany, ACallToArms and 23 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Stanley Cup finals to the waiver wire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CaliWingsNut Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Wow. He gets all of 1 game to prove himself. A game he got the W on too. Glad Philly really gave him a chance after, ya know, backing them to the SCF? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Stanley Cup finals to the waiver wire. Given that he was playing no better than Boucher during the playoffs, and only came in due to Boucher's injury (and started the season as about the 5th string tender, moving up due to injury to guys like Emery) it's not hard to believe that last year's playoff was the height of Leighton's career, rather than a glimpse of what's to come like so many seemed to think. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heroes of Hockeytown 694 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 He sucked in the Finals anyways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achildr1 255 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 a list of things I take more seriously than mindfly: 1. A promise from a politician 2. The artistic musical styling of one Justin Bieber 3. The word of an AD in college football that there will not be a coaching change and they are committed to the current coach, after a couple sub-par seasons 4. Brett Favre's retirement announcements 5. The complaints of a woman wearing a low cut, 2 sizes too small shirt, that guys always stare at her boobs 6. The weather report I could go on... Brilliant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miss Wing Queen 154 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 a list of things I take more seriously than mindfly: 1. A promise from a politician 2. The artistic musical styling of one Justin Bieber 3. The word of an AD in college football that there will not be a coaching change and they are committed to the current coach, after a couple sub-par seasons 4. Brett Favre's retirement announcements 5. The complaints of a woman wearing a low cut, 2 sizes too small shirt, that guys always stare at her boobs 6. The weather report I could go on... . . . for the 2011 Winter Classic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VM1138 1,921 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Stanley Cup finals to the waiver wire. This is the trend lately. Goalies are trading teams like they're playing musical chairs. Like Mick said the other night, it's just not a "goalie's league" anymore. They're a dime a dozen and only a very, very, very few are worth multi-year contracts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eva unit zero 271 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 This is the trend lately. Goalies are trading teams like they're playing musical chairs. Like Mick said the other night, it's just not a "goalie's league" anymore. They're a dime a dozen and only a very, very, very few are worth multi-year contracts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Original-Six 254 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 . . . for the 2011 Winter Classic. What? The weather was just as predicted. 1 Hossa4Life reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achildr1 255 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 What? The weather was just as predicted. I was thinking this a couple days before the game... O, the irony. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadaBoy 151 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 He sucked in the Finals anyways. Better then Howard... 2 GoWings1905 and teebo reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
achildr1 255 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Better then Howard... Are you serious? Please, please, please remind yourself of the stretch run last year. Where Jimmy Howard basically carried us on his back. We wouldn't have made the playoffs without him last year, chew on that. His start this year wasn't bad either...sheez. Put Jimmy on waivers and watch the ensuing GM on GM violence. Pretty sure Leighton goes unclaimed, but either way, pretty much no one will care anyway. 4 dobbles, Rick D, Original-Six and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HankthaTank 1,100 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 Better then Howard... Should have saved yourself from typing this moronic post but...maybe I could have too Either way, No... 1 Hockeymom1960 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VM1138 1,921 Report post Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) Even Luongo isn't "elite" anymore. The guy used to be, but he's not very "clutch." He's certainly great but like Ken and Mick said the other night, there just aren't any truly dominant goalies in the league. Do Miller, Lundqvist and Luongo really stack up when compared to Hasek, Roy and Brodeur (in his hey-day)? No. Edited January 3, 2011 by VM1138 3 Hockeymom1960, TheDetroitRedWings and mjlegend reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dragonballgtz 273 Report post Posted January 4, 2011 He sucked in the Finals anyways. Both goalies did. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted January 4, 2011 Given that he was playing no better than Boucher during the playoffs, and only came in due to Boucher's injury (and started the season as about the 5th string tender, moving up due to injury to guys like Emery) it's not hard to believe that last year's playoff was the height of Leighton's career, rather than a glimpse of what's to come like so many seemed to think. He started the season as Cam Ward's backup in Carolina. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest CaliWingsNut Report post Posted January 4, 2011 This whole thing reeks of mismanagement. Why do you spend the time & money to put someone through a training stint in the jrs, put people on LTIR to make the cap space to keep them, only to waive them days later? He wasn't great, but he wasn't bad for his one game played. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drake_Marcus 890 Report post Posted January 4, 2011 He sucked in the Finals anyways. So did Neimi and he got a nice new contract. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hockeytown0001 7,652 Report post Posted January 4, 2011 This whole thing reeks of mismanagement. Why do you spend the time & money to put someone through a training stint in the jrs, put people on LTIR to make the cap space to keep them, only to waive them days later? He wasn't great, but he wasn't bad for his one game played. And it was his first game back in the NHL since Game 6 of the Finals. I would have gone with the three goalie rotation and see how things look at the deadline. For as sub-par as Leighton was in the Finals, he did shut out the Habs three times in the Eastern Finals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
