Lalime

[Onceagain]

Loses another two points. We need to send him to the minors to back up leggy and bring up enron. They always make such a big deal about staying fresh by playing but isn't practicing with the big club playing?

[Sterling Archer]

More like LaLame. Am i Right?

[JJFIVEOH]

He's made a couple of mistakes. But any way you look at it, when the team averages 1.75 goals per game when he's in net what more do you want? He's had 3 one goal games and the last 2 the game winning goal was scored in the second period. So basically 2 scoreless third periods the last two games. Kinda like that stretch of games in Feb 2008 when he went 1-6-1 and the team averaged 1.5 goals per game for him and 5 of those games were one goal margins. There's been so much blame to go around this year, I guess everybody likes using him as the scapegoat when they get the chance to take the heat off the rest of the team.

[TheChimp]

Damn that Lalime. He hasn't scored a single goal for us yet. Worthless.

[deluca67]

Damn that Lalime. He hasn't scored a single goal for us yet. Worthless.

He got the primary assist last night on the winning goal.

[Marvelo]

Pat played fine last night except for that one ...ahem...

 

Seems that the team figures a loss is a foregone conclusion with Lalime in the net so they don't score for him.

[Calvin]

He got the primary assist last night on the winning goal.

He should've gotten both assists on that goal, with the failed flick then not sitting on the first rebound.

 

It's true though, the team just doesn't seem able to score with him in net. It's more like there is no energy with him in, hence less work done and fewer goals scored.

[CallawaySabres]

This team plays it first weak game in the last 2 weeks and it is never a coincidence that they save it for Lalime. 1 goal will never do it for the 2010/2011 Sabres

[deluca67]

This team plays it first weak game in the last 2 weeks and it is never a coincidence that they save it for Lalime. 1 goal will never do it for the 2010/2011 Sabres

1 goal would have been enough for at least a chance at 1 point and a shot in OT for a possible 2nd point.

 

Despite wining some games this team has played some "weak" hockey over the past few weeks.

[Peter Puck]

An NHL goalie simply cannot make a gaffe like that. The next time you see Ryan Miller do that will be the first.

 

Give me Enroth as my back-up!

[2ForTripping]

True it was a bone headed miscue but with approximately half of the game left to be played his mates could have scored some goals. The offense is anemic when he is in the net & he gets left out to swing in the breeze.

[Stoner]

Pat played fine last night except for that one ...ahem...

 

Seems that the team figures a loss is a foregone conclusion with Lalime in the net so they don't score for him.

 

I think you've nailed it. The team just doesn't have confidence in the guy. It is the classic self-fulfilling prophecy here.

[carpandean]

1 goal would have been enough for at least a chance at 1 point and a shot in OT for a possible 2nd point.

The Lightning sat back last night in the third period (and much of the second) and simply protected their lead. Do you think they would have done the same if they hadn't gone up 2-1 on Lalime's mistake? No way to prove it, but I'd be willing to bet that even without that goal, one goal would not have been enough to make it to OT.

 

An NHL goalie simply cannot make a gaffe like that. The next time you see Ryan Miller do that will be the first.

To be fair, Ryan Miller is a Vezina-winning, franchise goaltender making over $6 million a year, while Lalime is a $1 million backup. Not saying the first part is wrong (it's not), but your bar for a backup may be a little high.

[donteatyellowsnow]

The guy let in 2 goals, so what, at least he kept them in the game and gave them a chance to win(heard that before), it's better than the other guys 3 per game.

 

The 6 million dollar man let's in bad goals all the time, yet he is constantly excused for, and the 1 million dollar man gets crucified for letting in an equally soft goal.

 

You people are nuts!

[Marvelo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bGGClMGPI

[carpandean]

Yeah, but Vesa did these as a starter:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byf2XPjxPqM

 

:thumbsup:

[nfreeman]

Seems that the team figures a loss is a foregone conclusion with Lalime in the net so they don't score for him.

I think you've nailed it. The team just doesn't have confidence in the guy. It is the classic self-fulfilling prophecy here.

+1.

 

An NHL goalie simply cannot make a gaffe like that. The next time you see Ryan Miller do that will be the first.

Give me Enroth as my back-up!

I think I'm with you on Enroth. However, Miller had an own-goal last year (or maybe the year before) that was worse than Lalime's blunder last night.

[Meathead]

An NHL goalie simply cannot make a gaffe like that. The next time you see Ryan Miller do that will be the first.

thats not true

 

any goalie who plays regularly will have maybe one or two of those a season. cant remember the game but last year miller swept a puck into the wrong corner and got it promptly deposted back into the net before he could even get in front of it

 

patty made enough good saves for the team to win. they had more good chances than the bolts and once again just couldnt close

[SabresFan526]

An NHL goalie simply cannot make a gaffe like that. The next time you see Ryan Miller do that will be the first.

 

Give me Enroth as my back-up!

Miller threw a puck into his own net against the Minnesota Wild early in the 2008-2009 season. That goal gave the Wild a 2-0 lead in the third period, however the Sabres came back to win the game by tying it with 2 goals in the last three minutes of the game. I believe Adam Mair got the game tying goal. The goal Miller put in his net was not even like last night's where Lalime gave the puck to Hall. No the Miller goal was much worse because he put the puck directly in the net. So your assertion that the next Miller does this would be the first is not accurate. He's let in a lot of soft goals in his career. Lalime gave up a horrible goal last night and there is no excuse for that, but you're never going to win a game scoring 1 goal ever.

 

For me, the real turning point was Vanek hitting the post on the breakaway coming out of the box in the first. That goal goes in, the Sabres win the game. That's my thought.

[nobody]

I'm not defending Lalime but Miller let in softy a few games ago. Biron was always letting in a bad goal each game when he was here.

 

Maybe Lalime could retire and become the goalie coach.

[Onceagain]

Yeah, but Vesa did these as a starter:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byf2XPjxPqM

 

:thumbsup:

LOL the announcers crapped all over him too.

[bunomatic]

Why anyone would make excuses for Lalimes record as a sabre is way beyond me. Its essentially the same as accepting mediocracy for your team. Give me a backup who can step in and win a game. Its apparent he can't. Put Enroth in net. The kids already outplayed Lalime to this point in his career and he has a winning record.

[Eleven]

What I don't understand is, if he's such a great locker room guy (one of the reasons usually given for why he's here), why aren't the players stepping up for him? One goal?

 

(I missed the vast majority of last night's game, so if the offense was on fire and just ran into a hot goalie, then maybe the team did show up for him.)

[rbochan]

9-24 in his career with the Sabres. That says everything.

[Weave]

It is pretty typical of this team of "fragile little children" to collapse at the idea of someone less than Miller playing in net.

 

How many backups to Miller has this team been through? Maybe it isn't the goalie that is the reason behind the lousy records when backups are in the net. Maybe it is the fragile little children that don't have their pacifier in net.

 

When Biron was backup the team had leaders and competitors. He was good for a bad goal a game. The difference was that those teams had the gumption to get it back for him.