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by Alanah McGinley on 02/25/09 at 12:58 PM ET
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Lindy Ruff informed the media this morning that Patrick Lalime is demonstrating flu symptoms, and there’s no certainty he can play tomorrow night. In that scenario, Mike Harrington at Sabres Edge explains the problem:
If Lalime can’t go, rookie Jhonas Enroth would get his first NHL start. Lalime will travel with the team today but if he can’t dress, the Sabres don’t have another healthy goalie in their system to back up Enroth because Adam Dennis and John DeCaro are both injured at Portland.
Wow. Nightmare scenario.
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Short answer - no one. Both of the goalies still in Portland are injured, and the Pirates are scrambling to find warm bodies for this weekend’s games.
Posted by TheTick from Buffalo on 02/25/09 at 01:19 PM ET
Don’t they have their own onetime netminder doing web design for the team? It worked for Washington earlier in the season, though Leonhardt only had a bit of time on the bench before the last-minute arrival of their callup.
Posted by SENShobo from Waterloo, ON on 02/25/09 at 01:19 PM ET
It may be my fault…we are always joking at work about which Sabre would have to fill in at goalie if both the starter and backup go down…
Posted by TheTick from Buffalo on 02/25/09 at 01:27 PM ET
Keep twisting the knife, guys. 
(Ray Emery?)
Posted by TheTick from Buffalo on 02/25/09 at 02:18 PM ET
Lalime might have to sweat it out on the bench for 60 minutes. He’s still a warm body, even if he’s violently ill.
Posted by JG on 02/25/09 at 02:39 PM ET
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You don’t see that one very often..
Luckily Enroth is more than capable of playing.. I am not sure who they could call up to dress as the backup.
Posted by Crash The Crease on 02/25/09 at 01:09 PM ET