Recently I have been reading a lot about former Detroit starter Manny Legace and how he can’t seem to find a new home. Some writers such as James Mirtle have suggested that he probably will end up in Florida or St.louis. My question here is why would Ken Holland sign a aging goalie in Belfour, whom I might add is obviously on his last leg, over a much younger Legace. This makes no sense to me other than a PR move to lay the blame on someone for a playoff gone wrong last spring. Don’t get me wrong here, I think that Ed Belfour is one of the all-time great goalies in the game but at 41 he is simply getting to old for the kind of rigors a full NHL season has. He has been in up and down mode for the last four to six years losing his job in Dallas to Marty Turco and then having the same thing happen in Toronto a couple of years later. Manny Legace may not be a spectacular goaltender but he is nothing if not extremely consistent yet he continues to get passed over by teams without the foresight to give this guy a real chance. Manny may not have been great in the playoffs last year but the Detroit Red Wings have to look at the team as a whole and not blame one guy. I’m not seeing pavel Datsyuk being raked over the coals for having a poor showing.

I’m telling you now that Kenny Holland is making a huge mistake by signing Ed Belfour over Legace. Did Holland forget that Manny set an NHL record for wins in a month last season or that he had more than thirty wins and less than ten losses. Only time will tell what the better move here was as Eddy might show me up and have a spectacular and injury free season, but I doubt it.

Thanks for listening to this rant as I had to get this out.