X. Benedict

The team really wasn't committed to Miller without a net until 2006. It really took Miller 4 years to win that job. He had some luck with the lockout staying sharp in Rochester for a full season rather than riding the pine in Buffalo. I get your point however, that there is an opportunity cost to playing Miller. Which means you might not know what you have in Enroth. That much is true....you don't know truly if Enroth can be the tendy for 50 games unless you play him 50 games.

Get your Boyes sweaters on!

Yes. If you saw Miller before 2005, there was nothing there to suspect he'd be playing 500 games.

Why? The short answer is that I've seen a lot of goalies chewed up after looking like Terry Sawchuk for 6 weeks.

What was interesting to me was Pysyk of the right side of the brolly, not Ehrhoff.

C'mon yourself, I have a qualified answer. There are many well reasoned reasons to move Miller. I just think that Enroth being ready to play 60 games isn't one. Actually I think very few goaltenders remain starters for very long. Odds are enormously against any goaltender ever getting 100 starts in the NHL. Enroth his halfway there. No. It isn't an excuse, I've been happy with Enroth's play. I'm just skeptical that he can keep the same level of production with 4 to 5 times the workload, and you should be too. I happen to think that Enroth might be the perfect backup. I think the smaller guys with quicker reflexes are a great solution in the short run and better able to come in with less work. As for the long run.....I'd feel better with someone who is bigger. I'd even be okay with a tandem model. But Enroth as the #1? I'm not there yet. Now which one was a straw?

Shot in the belly. I don't remember the rumors at the time. I'm pretty sure he played after that. 48 is way too young.

He's not flawed as much as he is 18 with a big body.

It isn't the physical demands of that amount of starts. Sure he can do it physically. It is when there is a weakness in his game. Say the league solves you, for example like Reimer last year, everyone figured out that if you got him moving right, he had trouble coming back to the left. It sunk the Leafs in the second half of the season. He lost something like the next 7 out of ten. If the goalie is starting 70 games, he has to work through it without practice. That's how I see it.

Enroth started out bad. He was pretty bad his first 4 starts or so this year, so he hurt his own chances for more. He's been starting with some regularity since. He's earned that. 5 starts a month would add up to 30+ games. Finally. That's a good sign. However going from 12 starts to 50 .....that's a challenge. That's the unknown.

That is some junior lineup, isn't it?

Oh dear. RIP Larry.

:lol:

There are many reasons for moving Miller. That he's average isn't one of them IMO. The best arguments - Culture change - To acquire a center - To get top prospects - Opportunity cost that comes with large contract - He's in a contract year - An offer you can't refuse - He'll be 33 this summer

I was always amazed at the thunder his slapper could make hitting glass. I wonder what kind of bombs he'd be launching today with graphite instead of his woody. He was like mortar fire.....even he didn't know where it was going.

Cyrites of the World Unite!! (and everyone in the pre-mesh ends, keep your heads up).

They are doing their job well.

It started with Paul Cyr in the 1982 draft.

Well in that case, trading Miller and Vanek would be a serious step toward the top pick. Every night the team could hold an internal lottery to see who skates on the top 6, and the winners wouldn't matter anyway!

That would be painful. Every season needs at least a little hope.

Aside.... There are worse sites.... Interesting idea here, turning the CN Tower in the goal light for the playoffs. As much as I have a distaste for the Leafs, that idea rocks. http://www.cbssports.com/nhl

By totally writing off a season, I'm not talking about the Stanley Cup, I think it would mean they are starting the season with little expectations of making the playoffs at all. Even if not expecting to win a cup next year, I think there is an onus to at least field a competitive team.

I don't think he get traded. He's 17% of the goals overall, and 39% of the power-play goals for Buffalo. If he's traded it has to make sense to a 5 year old or it is totally writing off next season.

Probably shouldn't have counted. No way to overturn that though. The crossbar is a silly rule. The funny thing is a puck played above the shoulders is still a whistle - so if a d-man does that to clear the defensive zone it is almost always blown dead.

There may never have been a more depressing band than Joy Division in the 70's.