What a ride, fun while it lasted, right?
I'm relatively new to hockey. Didn't get exposed to it much as a kid, and now as an adult, I'm being exposed to it by a friend who is probably best described as a "hockey pusher" [who I hope will write something up for this space to do this season justice]. It's been a lot of fun to watch and I'm sorry the season is over and I'm already looking forward to the fall when it starts up again.
So with that background caveat in mind, my naiveté, I have to say, I can't for the life of me figure out why some are blaming Michael Leighton for the loss of the Stanley Cup. It was pretty obvious by the disparity of shots on goal between the two teams that he was having to do far too much work, he needed more help from his defense.
This isn't to say that I think that Leighton should go down as one of the greatest playoff goalies of all time, because he certainly let some easy ones in, particularly the final goal of the series, but some help from his defense at times in Game 6 certainly may have resulted in a different outcome.
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