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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
I'm tempted to vote Trefilov for his 51 save performance in MSG in 1994 and the fact that Sutter so badly wanted to off McLennan and his contract in 2003 that he protected Trefilov in the waiver draft to expose McLennan. When Turek got hurt Noodles played some of the best hockey of his career to help keep the team alive until they could get Kiprusoff.
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Don't forget McLennan held the fort through January too, after Kipper got hurt just before New Year's Eve. With both Turek
and Kipper hurt—with Dany Sabourin as his backup
—he kept the Flames in the hunt. 3-4-1, but with a very strong 2.24 GAA and .918 sv%.