Howard Berger: It's Optimus Reim or Bust

Howard Berger: It's Optimus Reim or Bust
- hberger

Time to go with Scrivor

Howard Berger: It's Optimus Reim or Bust
- hberger

Reimer is the next Hannu Toivonen. Enjoy

Regardless, I feel we still need another goaltender with playoff experience. A vet paired with Reimer woud make more sense. The monster could be packaged off with a blueliner for a forward.

Time for the Leafs to fish, or cut bait this season. They need to go, with their number one guy and get your team together for down the stretch. If they can't cut it, then we'll see it soon enough.

I like how Gus has been playing. He's been more confident and really cut down on how much he over commits and slides out of position - he's also cut down on the number of soft goals he lets in. I think his NHL game is coming along just fine. I also trust in Reimer - hopefully he can get back on track soon as well.

I disagree. I blame everything on the concussion, or atleast the collision. Other teams know it about Reimer and Miller both. Drive the net hard and there is a possibilty of a goal or getting them off their game.

Like a race car driver after a crash, like a kid who burns himself on the oven, your subconscious makes you pause for a second before allowing your body to consciously do it again. That split second pause for a pro athlete is a career. Some players can bounce back some can't.

If we want Reimer back we have to run him in practice. Control the force and allow his mind to reset itself to not being afraid. I'm not saying he is afraid, but his mind is. To put his mind at ease he needs to have big bodies coming at him without any physical pain or stress, this will allow his mind to be stress free in these instances.

Goodluck to Mr. Reimer and Thank you Mr. Gustavsson for being so thick skinned. Gustavsson has performed well under all the pressure of his personal life and the media circus, he accept cheers from the fans who a month ago wanted him buried.

We may not have the most talented goalie tandem in the league but they are leaders in character.

If the Leafs can acquire say Halak they will obviously have to decide between Reimer or Gustavsson, keep one & trade or demote the other. Obviously the one to stay is Reimer. They would go with a Halak/Reimer combo. With Elliot CLEARLY the #1 goalie in St Louis, Halak might be available. I am 90% sure that Carolina wouldn't trade Ward, why would they? I am also 99% sure that even if Ward was available, Rutherford would never trade Ward to a conference rival in Tooronto so Ward is out of the euquation.

So Halak for the Leafs is a possibility. As part of a package for Halak, the Monster could be included in the deal to be Elliot's adequate back up. Question is, what would Burke have to give up for Halak?

Howard Berger: It's Optimus Reim or Bust
- hberger

b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-bust!

Regardless, I feel we still need another goaltender with playoff experience. A vet paired with Reimer woud make more sense. The monster could be packaged off with a blueliner for a forward.
- sparky

I wouldn't worry about one with playoff experience. In fact, the Leafs shouldn't focus on gearing up for a playoff run, but rather continuing the rebuild which is clearly far from over. If Burke could swallow his pride, he would embrace this, but as I've said since the day he was hired, the man has too big an ego to properly rebuild.

Here is the only shred of hope the Leafs have of making the playoffs this year: They need to hope that Washington continues to climb, overtaking Florida for top spot in their division, knocking the Panthers to 8th. The Leafs may then be able to overtake the Panthers for that 8th spot, as well as about 3 other teams.
That is their only real shot at this point, they won't catch Pittsburgh, and Ottawa is a slightly stronger team, ahead by 9 points in the standings.

Tough to swallow, ain't it Leafs fans, still getting burned by Daniel Alfredsson at 39 years young.

Idk why Leafs fans thought they could get to the playoffs with an AHL goalie. Not trolling, I just never bought in to Reimer being a good NHL starter just because he played well with a team that at the time had no pressure to win games.

Idk why Leafs fans thought they could get to the playoffs with an AHL goalie. Not trolling, I just never bought in to Reimer being a good NHL starter just because he played well with a team that at the time had no pressure to win games.
- Mike933

You obviously didn't watch Reimer play last year (and the first couple of games this year). He played great - stole games - it wasn't because he was playing behind a relaxed Leafs team. Watch games - then comment - it will serve you well.

Busta Reim.

Get it?

You obviously didn't watch Reimer play last year (and the first couple of games this year). He played great - stole games - it wasn't because he was playing behind a relaxed Leafs team. Watch games - then comment - it will serve you well.
- BlowMonkey

Why would a montreal fan actually watch games?

Add another notch on the bust side.

Why would a montreal fan actually watch games?
- Schenn-Sational!

...over the last 38 games...
Leafs 17-17-4
Habs 16-16-6


...we talk lottery, u talk Nash, Parise and Getzlaf...

...over the last 38 games...
Leafs 17-17-4
Habs 16-16-6


...we talk lottery, u talk Nash, Parise and Getzlaf...
- Freezewiz

BOOM

and about when did that 38 game streak start, say around November, right weridoh NOVEMBER IS COMING.... Double boom

mwhahahaha everyone sucks hahaahaaha teheheheehehehe te he ha ho... ah

...over the last 38 games...
Leafs 17-17-4
Habs 16-16-6


...we talk lottery, u talk Nash, Parise and Getzlaf...
- Freezewiz

We talk Nash, Parise etc because we have the depth and desirable players to make such a move. What does Montreal have to trade except for overpaid players no one else wants?
As far as you thinking about the lottery, with your drafting history, are you sure thats what you want?

We talk Nash, Parise etc because we have the depth and desirable players to make such a move. What does Montreal have to trade except for overpaid players no one else wants?
As far as you thinking about the lottery, with your drafting history, are you sure thats what you want?
- sparky

...over the last 38 games...
Leafs 17-17-4
Habs 16-16-6

bust

We talk Nash, Parise etc because we have the depth and desirable players to make such a move. What does Montreal have to trade except for overpaid players no one else wants?
As far as you thinking about the lottery, with your drafting history, are you sure thats what you want?
- sparky

take off those goggles

Idk why Leafs fans thought they could get to the playoffs with an AHL goalie. Not trolling, I just never bought in to Reimer being a good NHL starter just because he played well with a team that at the time had no pressure to win games.
- Mike933

well a team that wasn't out of it until game 80 isn't a team with "no pressure to win"

We talk Nash, Parise etc because we have the depth and desirable players to make such a move. What does Montreal have to trade except for overpaid players no one else wants?
As far as you thinking about the lottery, with your drafting history, are you sure thats what you want?
- sparky

They draft fine, why don't you try drafting from the 20 to 25th spot for 20 years and see what you draft.

Montreal has drafted what you can expect to draft from that position support players.

And they have drafted alot of them, Montreal currently has the most draft picks playing in the NHL, hardly on on the actually team, but they are NHL players.

Montreal has drafted what you can expect to draft from that position support players.

- HuileHab

The Red Wings disagree with this statement. Habs picks blow.

Hey everyone, newbie here. Gustavsson may have lost 2 in a row, but the Leafs weren't playing their best either. Too many mistakes at not clearing the puck well enough. One thing that has been a thorn in their side all season. I would keep Jonas over Reims. Just my opinion.