It looked not long ago that James Reimer would be playing for anyone but the Maple Leafs in 2014-15. Tonight, however, he’ll be making his second straight start for Toronto in a game against Colorado at the ACC.
Reimer got the win Sunday at MSG, stopping 24 of 26 Rangers shots before leaving as a precautionary measure in the third period after a collision with Rangers forward Dominic Moore. The Leafs won the game, 6-3 -- an important result for them after dropping their first two contests with Jonathan Bernier not playing particularly well between the pipes.
The Leafs re-signed Reimer in July and apparently told him there was a “definite opportunity” to win back the starting job that he’d lost last season to Bernier.
Now, Reimer’s hardly won back the job yet. He hasn’t even lasted a full game yet. But it’ll be interesting to see how all this plays out. When a team has two capable netminders, it usually is.
