Biron Fractures Collarbone
Andrew Gross reporting that back-up goaltender Marty Biron is out indefinitely with a fractured collarbone suffered today in practice. Cam Talbot has been recalled from Connecticut (AHL).
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So it looks like Henrik
Is playing every game from here on out unless they can sign a reliable backup fast
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If this was before 3pm...
we should have made a play for nabakov
we gotta do something....
…..I’m nervous now.
Could you guys imagine if he broke his collarbone blocking a Bryan McCabe slapshot from the point during a scrimmage!?!?!?!?!?!?!>?!?!!?!?!??!!?!??!!?
Biron was probably going to get 3-4 starts
Can Hank play the rest? How many back to backs do they have?
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Feb 28, 2011 6:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
3 or 4 more, IIRC.
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by George E. Ays on Feb 28, 2011 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
the problem is not the starts he’s supposed to get. its that he hasn’t started a single game in february while he was healthy!! i wrote a comment about this in a game thread last week. this essentially places hank in the Cam Ward category:
the staff does not think the team can win without their #1 goalie….
so i believe the injury to biron doesn’t change much. hank was not going to get much rest anyhow.
by #17ToTheRafters on Feb 28, 2011 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
Weekes looks to be in good shape.
Other options; Corey Hirsch, Bob Froese and Glen Healy.
by Gabby the Gutless Sniper on Feb 28, 2011 6:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I’m more of a fan of Guy Hebert myself, who was one of Sather’s first deadline pickups
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by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 28, 2011 6:49 PM EST up reply actions
I vote Garth snow, he’s not doing anything else important
by teknics on Feb 28, 2011 8:30 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
The curse of the Islanders has finally spread to Manhattan.
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it was one last parting shot from Tim Kennedy
by Michael Gleich on Feb 28, 2011 6:51 PM EST up reply actions
New name?
Heh, I mentioned that you guys are going to need to find a new injury curse guy now that Kennedy is gone.
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yea, changed it to my actual name now that I am “staff”
by Michael Gleich on Feb 28, 2011 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
What was your original name again?
It’s so hard to tell who’s who these days
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by The Last Shall Become First on Feb 28, 2011 10:46 PM EST up reply actions
leetchy?
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A tired Henrik
Does this mean Henrik is going to be tired again once the playoffs start or was the decent back up play from Biron earlier in the year to this point actually going to keep Henrik fresh?
i’d go for option #1…biron didn’t get any real starts since the all star game. all his starts were reactions to bad performances by hank, which were fatigue related. it’s been a funny cycle…
by #17ToTheRafters on Feb 28, 2011 9:53 PM EST up reply actions
Give him a mic in the booth, and have it connect to someone on the bench
Rangers FTW!
by BleedsRangerBlue on Feb 28, 2011 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
they should just have a laptop on the bench and biron will be there on a webcam telling everyone what to do on shootouts and yell at refs just like he never got hurt.
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by Master Ov Brutality on Feb 28, 2011 10:20 PM EST up reply actions
KEVIN WEEKES!!!
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maybe if we ask the islanders nicely they’ll give us montoya back lol
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by BombersGmenBlueshirts25 on Feb 28, 2011 7:12 PM EST up reply actions
leighton ?
whats the status of leighton can we get him i hears he is in the minors whats the story on him anyone know ??
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Leighton is in the minors
Philly has him in the AHL at Adirondack. He’s playing well, but I don’t think they’re gonna let him go. They had alot of trouble with the AHL team, fired the coach, sent guys packing. He’s been part of their minor league restoration. Plus, they definalty don’t want to give him to us and see him in the playoffs.
by BuckarooClub on Feb 28, 2011 7:26 PM EST up reply actions
he is so bad even though he shut us out earlier this year. the only goalie conklin is better than is mike dunham
by nyrangerfan521 on Feb 28, 2011 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
sorry man, but that dude was brutally bad
by nyrangerfan521 on Feb 28, 2011 7:45 PM EST up reply actions
Dunham didn’t have a 5-hole, he had a garage door.
Let me know how that works out for you . . .
by SimpleManiac on Mar 1, 2011 11:24 AM EST up reply actions
He's not that bad..
Granted, he’s nothing great, but all we need is a veteran back-up for 2-3 games max. While this year hasn’t been his best (keep in mind he is on STL), he had a great year back in 08-09 with Detroit.
I think he’d be a better fit for the remainder of the season than Talbot, given that he’s been in this situation before.
honestly its almost impossible to tell who would be a better fit. seeing how theyd only play 3 games or so its more about being lucky and hoping whoever it is just does what it takes to win those games. alot of young goalies come up with a chip on their shoulder and play well in their 1st couple of games at the NHL level. we have 2 games with ottawa left and they are like an AHL team so i guess whoever the backup is will play against them
by nyrangerfan521 on Feb 28, 2011 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
+1
I agree with the chip on the shoulder and Ottawa. Let’s just hope he can get us a few points in the games he plays.
yeah whoever it is lets just hope they are steady enough to get some points
by nyrangerfan521 on Feb 28, 2011 8:07 PM EST up reply actions
It's a damn shame...
Biron has been a great soldier. I know his 8-6 record doesn’t exactly scream out “great goalie”, but his .923 SV% and 2.13 GAA do. Frankly, this is the most you could possibly ask out of a backup goaltender (+ the shootout advice bonus).
I dunno about the NEED to pick up another backup goaltender given that Biron was only expected to play maybe 3-5 more games as we go down the home stretch to the playoffs sitting in 7th place. However, I will say that it makes me wish that we didn’t trade or otherwise get rid of so many back-up goalies in recent years (Auld, LaBarbara, Montoya and Valiquette to name a few).
I say bring up Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson in the meantime as long as there are no obstacles in the way. Whether you have a positive or negative opinion on him, it is not based on a large sample size (5 NHL games). And he is still only 24. Give him a shot in our back-to-back games in March vs the Sens and the Isles.
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Eddie giacomin?
I hear he is available
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by dukegnarly on Feb 28, 2011 8:42 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Yeah, isn’t he Connecticut’s starter? Why aren’t we bringing him up?
by PowerForward on Feb 28, 2011 10:00 PM EST up reply actions
I guess they want him playing games until they need him…
by PowerForward on Feb 28, 2011 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
Makes sense, kinda like the Johnson/Zaba musical chairs last season
by CrazyRangerFan on Feb 28, 2011 10:05 PM EST up reply actions
Very upsetting, he has been great this year from the Rangers and underutilized. There is little choice now but to roll with Hank as much as we have been, all the games are too important. I hope Talbot gets a start here and there but this puts us in a miserable situation.
Get well soon Biron.
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