Leclaire named as starter...congrats Pens

[Urkie]

Clouston named Leclaire as the starter for the Sens tonight and all you need to do is look at his season save percentage and you'll quickly find out he's a joke of a goalie.

Congrats Pittsburgh!!!

Might as well light him up so he can be rightfully sent down to the AHL.

 

[quoipourquoi]

Leclaire has had his issues, but I look at everything he did in 2007-08 when I believe he deserved both a Hart Trophy nomination and the Vezina Trophy, and I think back to the insanity that was Dwayne Roloson in the 2006 Playoffs (who was also two years removed from relevancy), and I know not to expect any goaltender who has ever had flashes of brilliance to just curl up and die. I still think the Penguins will win Game 5, but if Leclaire flips his switch and shuts them out, I wouldn't be as flabbergasted as I would had Elliot done the same.

 

[dash]

Yikes, Sens are done, Habs soon to follow, Canucks will be the lone Canadian team remaining (and they're in a dogfight with the Kings)

 

[Urkie]

Leclaire has been so bad this year though. It's not even funny really. Ever since he was hit in the head while he was sitting on the bench it's been downhill....

Don't know if he'll ever be the same...lol

 

[dare2be]

I'm not taking anything for granted. The Sens could be skating around with dull blades and no tape on their sticks, and I still wouldn't chalk this up as an automatic win. Until I see more fundamental hockey exhibited by the Pens for longer than brief stretches, this team is still easily beatable.

 

[pixburgher66]

its obvious that cory clouston has sidney crosby in his playoff pool...i call him out on cheating there.

 

[Darkstone42]

LeClaire's talent is real, but his consistency doesn't exist. Like quoi said, if he flips his switch, the Senators have a real shot at this game. It's kind of a Jeckyll and Hyde subplot to a Jeckyll and Hyde series.

 

[dare2be]

LeClaire's talent is real, but his consistency doesn't exist. Like quoi said, if he flips his switch, the Senators have a real shot at this game. It's kind of a Jeckyll and Hyde subplot to a Jeckyll and Hyde series.

rep points added for remembering and using my Jekyll and Hyde refererence from the swamp.

 

[SFNL]

Thank you very much sir

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Who did the Sens trade for LeClaire again? I remember thinking at the time that it was a great move for both teams.

 

[scottflyers88]

yea i was dissapointed the flyers did not get him. now i am glad.

 

[naslundfan19]

Who did the Sens trade for LeClaire again? I remember thinking at the time that it was a great move for both teams.

Vermette

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

Vermette

That's right!

Wow that turned out well for the jackets. He had a career year this year.

 

[forty_three]

That's right!

Wow that turned out well for the jackets. He had a career year this year.

Because the Jackets realized he was a center. Unlike the Sens who thought he was a second/third line winger. Oh, and he earned the "A" pretty quick.

One thing's for sure tonight. It'll be a shelling or he'll steal it. There will be no middle ground.

Should only take about ten minutes to realize which.

 

[jstducky09]

Yikes, Sens are done, Habs soon to follow, Canucks will be the lone Canadian team remaining (and they're in a dogfight with the Kings)

It's exactly what I was thinking last night at the end of the 2nd period of the Kings/Canucks game.

Habs are in trouble
Sens are in trouble

Leaves the Canucks as the lone remaining Canadian team, and even they are in trouble (kind of)