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Originally Posted by Locke
By the time they could have pulled him the damage was done. They were dead and buried and had played like referee-assisted dogcrap all game so they literally rolled over and died.
And thats what separates teams like Toronto from teams like Calgary. Down by 3 with a period to go? No problem. Toronto? They gave up because their fearless leader wanted to hurry back to the lockerroom to turn up the music on the radio.
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I saw some reasoning in keeping Reimer in there though. Their loss was sealed very early in the game (the 2 shorties killed every last bit of hope for them) and they also play in Vancouver today. They were losing anyway, so using both goalies on the first night of a back-to-back would have made little sense. It's not like they are a desperate team right now in a playoff chase, they rather roll over, take a beating and wait for the season to end. Pulling Reimer (who had zero support all night and wasn't really at fault for any goal) wouldn't have changed anything for them.