Jose Theodore 10-11 Starter?

by tinmansstory on Jun 16, 2010 8:55 AM EDT

I keep hearing this rumor pop up- that the Flyers may sign Jose Theodore. Anyone have thoughts on this? On the one hand, he's famous for choking and being overpaid for it. On the other hand, he's usually pretty reliable during the regular season. I believe there was a stretch this year where he had 24 straight wins. If Homer could sign Theodore for $3 mil or less on a two-year deal, would you be OK with it (currently wrapping a two-year, $4.5 mil deal) ?

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WHAT!

I will chain myself to the Skate Zone doors in protest. How is that for an answer?

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by MJDII on Jun 16, 2010 9:58 AM EDT reply actions

He’s not very reliable during the season, you should just check out his stats…

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by PatterPoet95 on Jun 16, 2010 10:19 AM EDT reply actions

Isn’t the point that all the Flyers are looking for from their starting goalie is some consistency through both the regular season and the playoffs?

by Ben Feldman on Jun 16, 2010 10:20 AM EDT reply actions

No no no no no no!

I don’t want an undersized goalie with the new equipment rule changes coming for pads to be reflective of physical size, especially one that has consistency problems.

For the 24 wins, I would check his GAA and SV% as well as GF by the caps over that stretch. I’m willing to bet he didn’t win them many games during that run, but I’m willing to be proved wrong.

by DLJr on Jun 16, 2010 10:24 AM EDT reply actions

You’ll find that at the start it was the Caps’ O, by the end Theodore was holding them in. He also stole some games this season, like a gem of a win over Detroit. He’s historically a lot better in contract years.

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by red army line on Jun 17, 2010 6:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Have any numbers over that stretch. I’d like to see them, but am too lazy to go get them myself.

by DLJr on Jun 17, 2010 7:46 AM EDT up reply actions

I guess if we want to get worse then Leighton, by all means. I mean, the whole reason the Caps got eliminated in the first round was because they had the two worst starting goalies in the playoffs. Not just THE worst, but they actually had TWO starting goalies that suck. Silver lining, they have a 50/50 chance thats a prospect will be at least serviceable.

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by JpH89 on Jun 16, 2010 10:45 AM EDT reply actions

Well, the reason the Caps were eliminated this year was Jaroslav Halak more than anything. Semyon Varlamov was 3-3 with a 2.41 gaa and .908 s%, or roughly similar to Brian Boucher (6-6, 2.47 gaa, .909 s%).

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 16, 2010 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I thought you liked Boucher? That was kind of mean for you to compare him with Varlamov… Just saying

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by PatterPoet95 on Jun 16, 2010 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I do like Boucher. I just think higher of Varlamov than most people.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 16, 2010 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Needling you there a little bit is all…

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by PatterPoet95 on Jun 16, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions

haha, yeah. It’s all good.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 16, 2010 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions

most people think Varlamov is awful, you just think of him as really, really bad. Gottcha

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by JpH89 on Jun 16, 2010 5:48 PM EDT up reply actions

haha, if that’s how you want to say it.

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by Geoff Detweiler on Jun 16, 2010 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Caps play zero defense and hang there goalies out to dry. If the Flyers defense gets credit for Leighton’s performance the Caps defense or lack there of should gets blame for Theodore and Varlamov’s performance.

by chrislanci on Jun 17, 2010 10:28 AM EDT up reply actions

So what about the other 10 teams that Theodre has played for?

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by PatterPoet95 on Jun 17, 2010 10:48 AM EDT up reply actions

...

He’s awful because he’s blown one playoff game and was poor in one game against the Flyers?

by red army line on Jun 17, 2010 6:09 AM EDT up reply actions

or that he got benched twice for Theo last year, which is pretty bad

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by JpH89 on Jun 17, 2010 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree with everyone above – awful choice.

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jun 16, 2010 11:42 AM EDT reply actions

Who is tinmansstory? Are you a Caps fan trying to pawn your failures off on our team?

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by MJDII on Jun 16, 2010 1:32 PM EDT reply actions

I have this urge to just start argueing that Theodre is the answer since everyone is agreeing that he sucks…

"Game 7's are tough... It's a game that's made for men and our guys proved to be men today." -Laviolette

by PatterPoet95 on Jun 16, 2010 1:36 PM EDT reply actions

No wonder – he’s the answer to the question, “Which veteran goaltender really sucks?” ;)

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jun 16, 2010 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Or which veteran goaltender that really sucks can the Flyers get to play in net for us next year?

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by PatterPoet95 on Jun 16, 2010 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions

LOL! :)

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by Orange and Black Forever on Jun 16, 2010 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeesh

I’ve been following the latest news pretty closely. I’m not a Caps fan (over8ted!), I just heard about this rumor and was curious. Berniers out of the question, Schneiders still a ???, price or halak asking price is high, and Leighton is Leighton. Ellis, to me, would be another Biron (I.e. Serviceable). Jose Three or Four isn’t a great option either, but he was the starter for the best team in the league during the regular season and the shittiest defensive team in the playoffs.

by tinmansstory on Jun 16, 2010 6:52 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

No, No, and Fuck No.

I’d rather have a Leights/Boosh combo than that mess.

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by kmblue on Jun 16, 2010 7:49 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t like Theodore much either undersize butterfly goalies are not my thing. But once again he is UFA wouldn’t cost too much and more importantly wouldn’t cost anything of our roster for trades.

by chrislanci on Jun 17, 2010 10:30 AM EDT reply actions

if we were to go back 10 years

i’d be okay with that, he was pretty good in 2001

by Alon on Jun 17, 2010 10:40 AM EDT reply actions

Jose Theodore

Should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell. Would you like a cookie son?

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by PatterPoet95 on Jun 17, 2010 10:50 AM EDT reply actions

I hope to Christ this isn’t a knock on his dead infant son. I’m speechless otherwise

by tinmansstory on Jun 17, 2010 2:40 PM EDT reply actions

No- I had no idea about that at all (and feel kind of ashamed now). It’s a line from Ace Ventura and the original line from the movie is “Dan Marino” not Jose Theodore. I meant it as a joke in terms of everyone “hating” on Theodore…

"Game 7's are tough... It's a game that's made for men and our guys proved to be men today." -Laviolette

by PatterPoet95 on Jun 17, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions

Thats fair, I didn’t catch the reference and was trying to figure out what you meant. Say what you will about Theo, but I still feel for the guy, you know? Thats a tough thing to go through and continue playing

by tinmansstory on Jun 17, 2010 3:35 PM EDT reply actions