No More Goalies: Philadelphia Flyers Will Roll with Michael Leighton
August 5th, 2010 by Tom Dougherty Leave a reply »For the last eight weeks, the biggest question mark surrounding the Philadelphia Flyers has been who’s going to be the starting netminder for the defending Eastern Conference champions this upcoming 2010-11 season.
To be realistic, the question has been more often asked by the fans and the local sports media than the Flyers organization as they knew who was going to be their starting goalie come Oct. 7 at Pittsburgh.
His name was Michael Leighton.
The Flyers re-signed Leighton on the eve of free agency to a two-year contract extension, which ,at the time, was a sign that general manager Paul Holmgren believed that he already had a No. 1 goalie under team control.
But you know with the age of the Internet that wasn’t enough to stop the speculation from continueing to this very day that the Flyers were still looking for a goalie to replace Leighton as the go-to guy.
Former Dallas Stars goaltender Marty Turco was believed to be the twinkle in Holmgren’s eye and it was reported that he had offered Turco a three-year, $6 million deal that the Turco camp turned down.< ...
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