Comments for Michael Leighton at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Fri, 24 May 2013 18:29:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/3639-michael-leighton#comment-13521 Is that all it takes to get to the cup, not bad. That Flyer's team must have been amazing. - shaun b Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:19:43 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/3639-michael-leighton#comment-13520 I have to disagree on two points: 1. This most certainly is partly his fault, and partly the Flyers'. Leighton hid his injury severity from the team, causing everything to happen later than it should've - that's his fault. The Flyers not setting up a good rotation early in the year when Bobrovsky was hot, causing the long season to wear him down, is their fault. As is being so close to the cap such that they couldn't bring Leighton up and see what's what. 2. Bobrovsky's entire NHL career (56 games): 28-14-8, with a .914 SP. For a young guy who never played in North America before, I think Leighton's marks (over the best stretch of his career by far) are certainly reachable by Bobrovsky. - stevegamer Sun, 24 Apr 2011 06:06:45 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/3639-michael-leighton#comment-13512 the flyers do so many things well, but jesus tap dancing christ do they muck things up when handling goalies - paul Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:18:42 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/3639-michael-leighton#comment-13510 Dinkus - given that Bobrovsky has spent the last two games in the press box, I think the "screwed with confidence" ship has sailed. - Dobber Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:08:43 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/3639-michael-leighton#comment-13509 I strongly disagree. First off Leighton is not an NHL starter. He's an NHL journeyman back-up at best. I'll give him credit and say he played above expectation last season, but that doesn't change the fact that he's an NHL back-up who struggles terribly with rebounds and gives up soft goals. The Flyers defense is what got Leighton that strong record in the playoffs last year. The Defense kept chances to a minimum and both him and Boucher just had to come up with an occasional nice save. Leighton's AHL numbers are meaningless. Once you've played a steady amount in the NHL you should have strong AHL numbers. The big problem here is there is absolutely no reason for Leighton to even be dressed at this point. Laviolette made a huge error and scratched Bobs for Leighton. Bob is who got you here, not Leighton. Leighton hasn't even played a full 60 mins this seaons. You don't throw away a guy who won you 28 games this year in favor of a guy who hasn't played all season. That's just poor coaching. You've now screwed up the confidence of your future starter and showed him that a strong season goes unrewarded. Not to mention the goals Boucher gave up were far worse then Bobs. Horrible miscoaching by Laviolette. Flyers will yet again lose to the organizations mismanagement of goaltending and lack of addressing the teams need for finding a quality goalie. How many years are the Flyers going to get knocked out of the playoffs due to poor goaltending before they get it? You'd think that heartbreaking 5 hole goal in OT of game 6 last year would have finally been the wake-up call they needed. - DinkusMaximus Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:32:57 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/darryl-dobbs/3639-michael-leighton#comment-13504 As a Flyers fan (yes), this is an accurate summation of the Flyers net situation. I wish I had something to add... or hope for... or... ugh... - Pengwin7 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:59:16 +0100