Is the tandem of Bernier/Reimer the best in the League?

[Rants Mulliniks]

umm, if quick/bernier wasn't the best tandem, how is bernier/reimer?

.924>.902?

 

[BudMaster17]

who is honestly better?

Henrik Lundqvist and who ever.

 

[Eb]

Had to check if I was in national hockey league forum or leafs forum

Edit: Saw Ep's post now

 

[Cor]

Why are there so many non-Leaf fans in here

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Moved to the Leaf forum.

Should've deleted it all together.

Why are there so many non-Leaf fans in here

Originally, this thread was on the main boards.

 

[mcleex]

Hiller and Fasth

 

[Egoclapper]

Does this mean the Kings had the best tandem in the NHL last year?
Quick >>>>>>>>>> Reimer
Bernier = Bernier

Wasn't really a tandem, Quick made sure of that. Quick is the league's TOP goalie. Bernier was the best backup and will take the starting job from Reimer, just like Reimer took it away from Scrivens last season.

No guarantees but I think the top 3 goalies in the league next season could very well be Quick and Rask then Bernier.

 

[Offspring]

Hopefully, one day.

But this tandem isn't even the best in the division, Anderson and Lehner I think is a better tandom (thus far) then Reimer / Bernier.

 

[King Mapes]

Does this mean the Kings had the best tandem in the NHL last year?
Quick >>>>>>>>>> Reimer
Bernier = Bernier

Quick played 37 games. Wouldn't count. But last year Reimer was better than Quick.

 

[nuck]

Assuming they split their games, is this the best tandem in the league? I'm referring to teams where the goalies are splitting the games, rather than a Lundquist/Biron, in which 1 goalie has the majority of the starts.

I think the Reimer/Bernier tandem is incredibly strong and they will push each other to be better. I don't think the Schnieder/Brodeur tandem will be as good because Brodeur is old and at this point both Bernier and Reimer are better than him. They are as good (or very close) to schnieder...Having 2 of them will be lethal.

Discuss...

Lets wait for Bernier to play some Leafs games before we even anoint him a #1. He has not played in the high shot Carlyle environment. We also need to see if Reimer can manage two strong years back to back. So no, absolutely no reason to believe this is the best, or even a top tandem. Repost at the 40 game mark.

 

[colchar]

Name four better tandems? Oh right you can't so they are close.

He doesn't need to name four, he just needs to name one as evidence they aren't the best in the league.

 

[zeke]

the reimer/scrivens tandem was one of the best in the league last year.

 

[KingWantsCup]

Umm, If Quick/Bernier wasn't the best tandem, how is Bernier/Reimer?

Silence with your logic!

 

[AvroArrow]

Schneider/Brodeur is the best tandem. Leafs are probably top 10 though

 

[rdawg1234]

Schneider/Brodeur is the best tandem. Leafs are probably top 10 though

Agreed with this.

Best veteran goalie: brodeur isnt what he used to be but is still very capable of great nights.

Schneider is also a top-end pretty much elite goalie.

I'd say reimer/bernier is top 5 though in terms of tandems, neither are top 5 elite goalies, but both have potential to be great, Bernier has a slightly higher ceiling though.

 

[TheProspector]

It's possible. Bernier .922 through 12 GP and Reimer .924 through 33GP is nothing to sniff apathetically at.

Reimer is a bonafide #1 -- probably around 10, 12th best in the league -- but he has been unable to play anywhere near a full season. 37GP, 34GP and 33GP respectively in the past 3 seasons.

I'm just glad that goaltending is simply not a problem point for the Leafs any longer.

My favourite metric for goaltender performance is their SO/GP ratio, and Reimer is actually up with the best goalies in the league in this statistic.

 

[rdawg1234]

It's possible. Bernier .922 through 12 GP and Reimer .924 through 33GP is nothing to sniff apathetically at.

Reimer is a bonafide #1 -- probably around 10, 12th best in the league -- but he has been unable to play anywhere near a full season. 37GP, 34GP and 33GP respectively in the past 3 seasons.

I'm just glad that goaltending is simply not a problem point for the Leafs any longer.

My favourite metric for goaltender performance is their SO/GP ratio, and Reimer is actually up with the best goalies in the league in this statistic.

Reimer goes on amazing stretches and then usually falters for a few games.

Reimer at his best can definitely steal us some games, which we badly need for the playoffs.

Bernier too has that capability.

Great tandem and I'm sure one will win the starters job by about half-way through.

 

[Renegade]

They are both starting caliber goaltenders. Bernier IMO is the better player but I want Reimer to have a career in Toronto. Possibly the best YOUNG tandem in the NHL.

 

[JackJ]

Solid but not the top pairing.

 

[CraigAdamsnumber1fan*]

no. 2 questionable goalies. they're both terrible.

 

[My Sweet Shadow]

Reimer's shown he''s a solid starter, but Bernier's been limited to 14, 16, and 25 games in the last three seasons on one of the best defensive teams in the league. So it remains to be seen how his numbers fair over 40 games on a defensively suspect team.

We really should at least wait until the season gets under way before we start throwing around the "best-in-the-league" claims.

 

[ImpartialNHLfan]

Should've deleted it all together.




Originally, this thread was on the main boards.

Thank god it was moved here quickly before the entire nhl fanbase seen it

As for the topic,
Can't wait for both these goalies to light it up and prove there the top tandem in the league But until then lets let them prove it.

 

[scooter87]

Without having ever seen them play any period of a season together I can safely say that yes they are the greatest goaltending tandem playing right now and possibly the greatest to have ever played the game.

Jesus christ...

 

[jcarbone]

Between teams that split goalie starts 40-60 or somewhere around that I would still take the following ahead of our tandem..

Ray Emery/ Corey Crawford
Brian Elliot/ Jaroslav Halak
and this season Martin Brodeur/ Corey Schneider will be in that 40-60 split ballpark.

I'm a huge Bernier fan though and think we definitely have a solid tandem.
Rask and Svedberg will turn some heads too, he's another solid goalie as well, any dup with Rask can't go wrong.

 

[Defense]

Bernier has yet to start a game for the Leafs