Comparing Reimer to Pogge is laughable and only the blindest of haters can come up with that comparison.
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Comparing Reimer to Pogge is laughable and only the blindest of haters can come up with that comparison.
Finnish your Czech
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I'd accept his qualifying offer for $1.8 mil. It's not that high of a salary for a backup goalie, and there's a chance we can trade him for some actual value some time in the offseason, and there's even a chance he plays well, so that he can be traded at the deadline. He has the potential to play well, at least.
FlareKnight
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No chance I let him walk. If you can trade him sure, otherwise qualify him and set him up to backup next year. He's an RFA so if he doesn't like that, well that's too bad.
Nothing against Reimer, but if he wanted to be traded he probably should have played well down the stretch. Need someone to play backup for Bernier, so might as well use the guy already there.
Nothing against Reimer, but if he wanted to be traded he probably should have played well down the stretch. Need someone to play backup for Bernier, so might as well use the guy already there.
I was joking about the whole, going to italy thing
I am not a fan of Reimer, most know this. Drew MacIntyre looked better then him down the stretch, and Reimer got the ball rolling on our collapse (the game against Montreal namely).
Putting my feelings aside, Reimer almost certainly sees no future in this organization and won't want to return. His value is practically nothing, due to the fact that he had such a poor year and the goalie market is dry.
At this point, if we don't get an offer before June 29th or whatever, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to just cut him loose. Especially since it appears Carlyle will be back. We don't need a disgruntled player in the room.
diceman934
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I was joking about the whole, going to italy thing
I am not a fan of Reimer, most know this. Drew MacIntyre looked better then him down the stretch, and Reimer got the ball rolling on our collapse (the game against Montreal namely).
Putting my feelings aside, Reimer almost certainly sees no future in this organization and won't want to return. His value is practically nothing, due to the fact that he had such a poor year and the goalie market is dry.
At this point, if we don't get an offer before June 29th or whatever, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to just cut him loose. Especially since it appears Carlyle will be back. We don't need a disgruntled player in the room.
I can not see why we would not qualify him.....he will not get a raise at Arbitration so we risk very little....I say he will be moved before we have to make a decision in a package.
I agree that I think he will be moved before it comes to this, likely not for much however.
I'm just not sure if it is worth going into another season with the whole Bernier/Carlyle/Reimer saga, we have MacIntyre who can backup, or there are options in Free Agency we can look at.
James Reimer QO is 1.6 million as per cap geek..
http://www.capgeek.com/qualifying-offer-calculator/?player_id=1247
http://www.capgeek.com/qualifying-offer-calculator/?player_id=1247
Finnish your Czech
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I was joking about the whole, going to italy thing
I am not a fan of Reimer, most know this. Drew MacIntyre looked better then him down the stretch, and Reimer got the ball rolling on our collapse (the game against Montreal namely).
Putting my feelings aside, Reimer almost certainly sees no future in this organization and won't want to return. His value is practically nothing, due to the fact that he had such a poor year and the goalie market is dry.
At this point, if we don't get an offer before June 29th or whatever, it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to just cut him loose. Especially since it appears Carlyle will be back. We don't need a disgruntled player in the room.
In the 95 minutes that he played?
Duke Silver
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Sure he is, the team holds all the negotiating power with RFAs. If they wish to play hardball and demand a contract longer than 1 year, the player does not have much choice other than to sit out or accept a deal that cuts into his FA years. I don't think Reimer wants to sit out or miss training camp, considering his current circumstances.
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you don't know that - he could argue the fact that everyone knows - the Leafs flat out sucked defensively, so he could go with his numbers this year (with that well known stat) + his good numbers & playoff performance, requires X dollars.
it's the same reason why everyone thinks Franson is going to get paid in arbitration, due to the fact he's right handed and put up points.
Yeah. It's a small sample, but he looked better then Reimer, minus Reimer's game vs San Jose (I think).
If no team has offered anything for him come June 30th I see no harm in just allowing him to walk. It removes one of the many black clouds that is hovering over this organization (Not Reimer himself, but the whole saga)
Asset management is very important, but in this case, its one of those times where both sides just wash their hands and move on.
rrc1967
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tough call actually. Reimer would qualify for 1.6M cap hit and a UFA is at least going to cost you around 1M and there's no guarantee a backup UFA is going to win you games either.
The leafs don't have any young netminder in the farm ready to shoulder workload (thanks biggs) I think the leafs are probably going to try to sign him for a year and this time, give him the expectations that he's the #2 and has to fight for starts.
Start off the season with a little more measured of expectations and see where the season goes.
A lot of the time, I start reading comments on a thread thinking: "Oh, those are just fringe idiots, eventually people who haven't lost their marbles will start making comments about this..."
Yet I never seem to learn...
Yet I never seem to learn...
rrc1967
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Mansfield
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this this this. people have such short term memories. I would be more than happy to re-sign him as a backup as long as he comes in around his current rate. we're not finding a better backup
That is an easy resign. Would cost us 1M max.
Even Tomas Griess is out there who is a real solid backup would only cost us 1.5M if that.
Its not even just 95 minutes. Look at his play in the AHL the past two seasons.
diceman934
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TheCLAM
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They can control his contract for this off-season only, it's not as an attractive options as a Peter Holland type player for example. My point is that it doesn't substantially add to his value at the end of the day. IMO he'll get anywhere between a 3rd-5th pick
Bardown warrior
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The leafs can tell reimer to shut it if they want, they've got all the negotiating power. I'm sure i team like the jets will offer something for him, guy can still be a number 1 imo.
rrc1967
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Better is pretty debatable at this point. You can say he's better then MacIntyre, but there are other options through free agency that would be better choices then bringing Reimer back and dealing with another season of that drama.
I think he could be a backup, he would by no means be a top notch backup, but he could do it. I would also like to go through free agency as well though.
T's no guarantee with any player. That argument is just pointless.
Again, like I said, we can just as easily go through FA and find a more proven FA. Reimer backing up Bernier didn't work out well this season did it?
When did I say that there hasn't been? Talk about putting words in someones mouth. Through his play, and what he showed in the limited minutes, it wouldn't be detrimental to give him a chance. He would be playing 12-15 games if that.
No options in the AHL that are known. Garret Sparks and Chris Gibson are two solid kids, and with them having the net in the AHL, one may emerge, just like Reimer did.
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