The team will need Lalime to play and play well the remaining 41 games. I'd say he should play 15-20 games because Miller will need the rest especially after the Olympics. He seems to have the confidence and there's no reason he shouldn't be able to handle the load.

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Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. (Franklin D. Roosevelt 1939)

20 games would be playing Lalime every other game - he doesn't need to play that much.

I say 10 games for him down the stretch is about right - let him play a quarter of them.

No qualms with that decision. Lalime *knocks on wood* has found his game again

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

Lalime has been great. Keep it up Patty!

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Worst thing they can do with Lalime is not play him and let the rust build. Keep him going while he's on his game, I say!

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With 41 games to play, I think 10-15 starts for Lalime would be a good goal. I think ideally you want to see your backup maybe 25% of the time, 20-22 games to give your starter sufficient rest.

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"Go out and run 'em."
- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

I have faith that Lalime (boy would Bullthefirefighter gush right now) will continue his stand up performance. He has found his game but a well tooled defense definitely helps and that's what we lacked the past two season.

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I don't think Miller would like that.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

They play him so they can showcase him and they go out and get Biron.

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"Go out and run 'em."
- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

I don't really care how often they play Lalime, so long as Miller is in net on friday. Because it's fucking Toronto and I want to beat them lol, but also they're in our division and I'm going to that game.

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If Lalime keeps this play up I see no reason to give up a pick or a player for a guy we could probably sign next year.

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"Call a cop he robbed Delmore blind!!!"
Rick Jeanerette after Marty Biron's diving save back in 2000.

"I'm going to go to the spa and have a hot tub and massage and relax," Miller said. "That's it, and it's back to work tomorrow." Ryan Miller after clinching the North East division.

That is a big IF because Lalime is starting to get old.

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Broduer is old also, and he hasn't really slowed down.

I'd like Lalime to play in at least ten of the remaining games, and I'm sure he will, especially if we keep looking like we do.

Use your backup more now, so Miller is even fresher in the playoffs and can play in all of those games.

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"I'll rap you with my cane; you pencil necked geek!!"

-Bowler, imitating Freddy Blassie, at the very first M & G.

The Sabres are to Robert Esche as Miller is to the Maple Leafs.

Esche

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‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I don't want Biron now. I think that Lalime is a better backup, and while I'd love to see Marty back here as he was such a likable guy, I don't think it makes sense at all.

We're going to need Lalime come March. We have 16 games that month, including 3 sets of back-to-back games, in which Miller will just have come off of the Olympics, hopefully getting quite far into them. If he gets a majority of the starting time there, we need to be sure as to not wear him out then, especially since we need him to be in top shape for the playoffs.

I'd play Miller for most of the games now - he seems to play better when he has a heavy workload. But we still need Lalime in there every 5-6 games to make sure Miller isn't overworked and that Lalime stays fresh.

Plus I don't think DiPietro really is at 100%. Even though he's playing in the A.

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DP's career is over.

Great move signing him for 15 years, Snow.

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