Biron a legit No. 1 goalie so far
Friday, October 19, 2007 | 12:14 PM ET
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The legendary Dick Irvin joins us to talk about the 50th anniversary of Maurice Richard’s 500th goal. Dick was at the Montreal Forum when The Rocket caught a pass from Jean Beliveau and sizzled one that helped the Habs beat the Chicago Black hawks 3-1.
The number 500 is still the gold standard for goal scorers to achieve and although almost 40 players since Richard have hit the mark, it is still THE chase for goal scorers.
Also on today’s show, New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamarillo discusses his team's change in style of play, shifting from the league's premiere trap team to a more puck-pursuit style squad.
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Around the NHL
- It was pretty cool to see young Nick Foligno do a tribute to his father and jump in the air after potting his first NHL goal last night against the Montreal Canadiens as the Sens beat the Habs 4-3.
- One step forward, two steps back for the Atlanta Thrashers, who last night, picked up their first win of the season (5-3 against the Rangers) but in the process lost netminder Kari Lehtonen to a groin injury. Ouch, that hurts. Lehtonen has been described by insiders in Atlanta as standing the most to gain now that Bob Hartley has been punted. The two were said to never see eye-to-eye and Hartley was perhaps spoiled in Colorado and expected all goalies to be and behave like Patrick Roy. Expect the Thrashers to call up netminder Ondrej Pevelec from the Chicago Wolves to backup Johan Hedberg.
- I admit I was skeptical about Martin Biron being a legit No. 1 goalie in the NHL but so far I couldn’t have been more wrong. Biron just posted his second shutout of the week last night, a 4-0 wash of the New Jersey Devils. Now, I’m not quite ready to call the Flyers a Cup contender but boy do they ever look good to start the season. And when you think about it, the extended road trip was probably the best thing for this team considering how many new faces there are in the Flyers room now. If they opened with two weeks worth of games at home after every gathering, it would be 23 guys in 23 cabs but the road trip kept them together, they bonded and are now one of the best teams in the league.
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Comments
Francis Warner
I was skeptical about Biron too, but you can't argue with what he's done so far. I still have a sneaking suspicion that Niittymaki is the best goalie on the Flyers' roster though.
Posted October 22, 2007 05:10 AM
PAUL
Lakeport
I always figured that Biron would make a good number one somewhere... I am glad for him.. too bad he's not in the blue and white.
Posted October 21, 2007 11:34 PM
Andy Lee
Yeah, the Senators are a pretty good regular season team. Pretty good golfers too.
Posted October 21, 2007 12:36 AM
Andy Lee
Flyers 4 Senators 0.
Another pretender bites the dust.
Posted October 21, 2007 12:32 AM
Andy Lee
It seems Marty Biron is indeed a first rate starting goaltender after all. Two back to back shutouts and then stopping 42 of 44 shots against Carolina. Is he a potential Oylympic hero?
Posted October 21, 2007 12:30 AM
Habs fan
Montreal
Hey, this is just the first month of regular season. Who knows where the Flyers will be in April. If Biron can continue to play at this pace for the remainder of the season (and I'm not saying he can't) then maybe his team can go palces. But it's still too early to tell yet.
Posted October 19, 2007 04:56 PM
T
Biron a No. 1 goalie? I think not. Just wait until they play the Sesn - our goal scorers will exploit his weaknesses and maybe he'll be in for another whooping from Ray-Ray!
Posted October 19, 2007 01:13 PM