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The Philadelphia Flyers had a great run in the 2010 NHL Playoffs and came just two victories short of winning the [[Stanley Cup]

]. The goaltending appeared to let them down in the Finals against the Chicago Blackhawks. During the season, Brian Boucher was just 9-18 and barely a 90% save percentage. Michael Leighton had an impressive 17-9 record with a little better save percentage but both struggled in the finals. Do you think either will be the starting goalie next season or will the Flyers look elsewhere for a goalie for the 2010 - 2011 season?

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gnix | 1 year, 11 months ago
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They Philadelphia Flyers will look to add a proven goaltender during the off-season. There's already talk that the Flyers are in discussions with Evgeni Naboko and Marty Turco, both of whom are set to become unrestricted free agents as of July 1st. Either goalie would likely be an improvement for the Flyers, although I'm leery of Turco, because he played for a strong defensive team for many years with the Dallas Stars, and his numbers may be inflated somewhat. There's also been some rumors that the Flyers would have an interest in the Vancouver Canucks prospect, Cory Schneider, who was named the best goalie in the AHL only two years back, and who doesn't really have a home in Vancouver since Roberto Luongo is signed for the long term.

The way I see it, the Flyers will probably pursue Nabokov and Turco in free agency, and if they fail to land them, will start looking at who's available in a trade.
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bovandy | 1 year, 11 months ago
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I think it all comes down to who is available in the offseason. Certainly the Philadelphia Flyers might want to do better than what either of their goaltenders was able to come up with in the Stanley Cup finals, but whether or not such a goalie will be available is up for some discussion. Trading for a goalie isn’t always the easiest thing in the world and of course the Flyers would need to take into account whether they were actually acquiring a goalie that was better than the two they already have.
Mike Leighton had a couple of good games in the finals, stopping 24 of 27 shots in his team’s game three overtime win and in game two, even though they lost 2-1 he stopped 24 of 26 shots on goal. If he could build on those successes he might be able to take over as the starter next year for the team.

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