Leighton Waived

[pixburgher66]

Flyers waive Leighton. Makes sense with Bob playing pretty well...interested to see if anyone picks him up the first go around.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

At 1.5 million some team should give him a shot. I doubt it will be the Isles though. Garth Snow likes Nathan Lawson. Plus with the Roloson trade they finally have the goalies set in Bridgeport. Now Poulin & Koskinen can battle it out. However I think Poulin has already proven to be the better goalie & he's 2 years younger.

 

[GagneFire12]

A move had to be made. Keeping 3 goaltenders is not quite ideal. And, IMO, Leighton is the worst of the 3, so hooray!

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

A move had to be made. Keeping 3 goaltenders is not quite ideal. And, IMO, Leighton is the worst of the 3, so hooray!

Talk about throwing the guy under the bus.

 

[pixburgher66]

A move had to be made. Keeping 3 goaltenders is not quite ideal. And, IMO, Leighton is the worst of the 3, so hooray!

Has anyone really pulled away this season yet? I just feel like it's not ideal to not have a solid number one. The tandem has been shown to work, it motivates well, but not having a guy solidify his position isn't the best situation, IMO.

 

[pixburgher66]

Side note: Michael Leighton was trending in the US on twitter. Woah.

 

[GagneFire12]

Has anyone really pulled away this season yet? I just feel like it's not ideal to not have a solid number one. The tandem has been shown to work, it motivates well, but not having a guy solidify his position isn't the best situation, IMO.

Boosh has been the Flyers best netminder. Lava likes playing the hot hand, so I expect Brian to get the lion's share of work.

 

[GagneFire12]

Talk about throwing the guy under the bus.

He threw himself under the bus.

 

[anderwho2513]

Leighton had 1 start this year and, after shaking the rust from not playing for 6 months, was outstanding in the 3rd period. Those 20 minutes were better than any 20 minutes Bobrovsky's had since November.

But you don't cut a guy after 1 start when your other 2 options have combined for 1 good start in the last 2 weeks. Holmgren's making space. Something else is happening soon.

 

[awaz]

Leighton had 1 start this year and, after shaking the rust from not playing for 6 months, was outstanding in the 3rd period. Those 20 minutes were better than any 20 minutes Bobrovsky's had since November.

But you don't cut a guy after 1 start when your other 2 options have combined for 1 good start in the last 2 weeks. Holmgren's making space. Something else is happening soon.

let's keep in mind that in those 2 weeks, the other goalies have played 4 games.. sooo 3 bad games.

2 played by bobrovsky who you already mentioned hasn't had a good period a month

so 1 bad game from boosh. should they have cut him for going 7-1-1 in the last 9?

 

[GagneFire12]

Leighton had 1 start this year and, after shaking the rust from not playing for 6 months, was outstanding in the 3rd period. Those 20 minutes were better than any 20 minutes Bobrovsky's had since November.

But you don't cut a guy after 1 start when your other 2 options have combined for 1 good start in the last 2 weeks. Holmgren's making space. Something else is happening soon.

I think Leighton has been on the outs since the revealing of his back injury. While being only partially Leighton's fault (the organization should have evaluated him more securely before signing him to a 2-year deal), you could tell how irked Homer was of the situation. The exchange between them while Leight's was in the AHL was another indication - they've been on different pages for a long-time running. I'm sure giving up a more brutal goal, god help me, than Patrick Kane's Cup Winner in his first period back didn't help matters either. This has been in the works for a good amount of time.

 

[anderwho2513]

let's keep in mind that in those 2 weeks, the other goalies have played 4 games.. sooo 3 bad games.

2 played by bobrovsky who you already mentioned hasn't had a good period a month

so 1 bad game from boosh. should they have cut him for going 7-1-1 in the last 9?

Yea, but both Boucher and Bobrovsky played and failed miserably against Florida (Boucher's lone goal in the 3rd was horrible) and Vancouver, so I consider that as 4 bad games instead of 2.

 

[GagneFire12]

Yea, but both Boucher and Bobrovsky played and failed miserably against Florida (Boucher's lone goal in the 3rd was horrible) and Vancouver, so I consider that as 4 bad games instead of 2.

Overall, Boucher has looked very solid this season, however. He's definitely been the best of the bunch.

 

[Slimpikins]

Leighton had 1 start this year and, after shaking the rust from not playing for 6 months, was outstanding in the 3rd period. Those 20 minutes were better than any 20 minutes Bobrovsky's had since November.

But you don't cut a guy after 1 start when your other 2 options have combined for 1 good start in the last 2 weeks. Holmgren's making space. Something else is happening soon.

*cough*Nabokov*cough*

 

[GagneFire12]

*cough*Nabokov*cough*

If that happens, I have a realistic shot with Miley Cyrus.

 

[sportfan09]

leighton five hole sucks ans it still showed,now after a major injury..good move i still think they are going to make a package deal bob being the back up.....

 

[awaz]

Yea, but both Boucher and Bobrovsky played and failed miserably against Florida (Boucher's lone goal in the 3rd was horrible) and Vancouver, so I consider that as 4 bad games instead of 2.

haha because that makes sense.

 

[flyersfan4706]

Our duo right now will do.

Does the goal need to be posted?

 

[Caps Revenge]

I agree with Gagne that Boucher has been the best of the bunch so far. It seems like it wasn't that long ago that some "so called experts" in the media were hailing Bobrovsky as some kind of savior and saying that the Flyers goalie situation was finally solved.

While Bobrovsky played brilliantly at the beginning of the season, I thought it may have been jumping the gun a little to assume he was going to keep it up for an entire season. That's not to say he won't regain his form and continue putting out strong performances, it's just that I had a hunch there would be peaks and valleys along the way. Anyway you look at it Boucher and Bobrovsky are a formidable tandem that are capable of taking the Flyers deep into the playoffs. Barring injury, I don't necessarily see another move coming in their goalie situation.

 

[TOX1]

Talk about throwing the guy under the bus.

The guy out and out lied to management about his injury. That, in itself, didn't give him any wiggle room when it came time to evaluating his value.

That and Bob and Doosh are better options.