Blackhawks sign goalie Michael Leighton

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per Gamecenter updates on my phone.    1 year.   Terms to follow</p>
 

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Well we couldn't get Ribiero. .. guess this is the consolation Mike.
 

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What is this ... the early 2000's... Ohh well.. if it helps goalie depth somehow, then I'm all for it.</p>
 

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He was not bad in the 2010 playoffs.</p>
 

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He's Crow's replacement.   Crow is being traded to Florida because he fell in DT's lap </p>
 

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I assume this is a Rockford move. It's not like we have anything there in terms of decent goaltending anyway, so this would help.. and its not a bad move....</p>
 

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He's only played two regular season nhl games since start of 10-11 season. It's clearly nota move for the nhl club.
 

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Oops</p>


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Maybe he'll give the puck back from Kanes SCF OT goal now. The ref said he doesn't have it. So it has to be Leighton.  :think:</p>
 

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I still think Raanta should start in Rockford</p>
 

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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="jakobeast" data-cid="235375" data-time="1408402642">
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I still think Raanta should start in Rockford</p>
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And who does that leave to back up?</p>


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Or was that sarcasm?</p>
 

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I agree with Jako. The kid should get 60 games in Rockford. </p>
 

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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-time="1408416853" data-cid="235384" data-author="Rex">

I agree with Jako. The kid should get 60 games in Rockford.</p></blockquote>
I agree, and it would be best for his development. Leighton may not be stellar, but he only needs to be a backup.
 

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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Grimdust" data-cid="235390" data-time="1408454515">
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He has played two games in 3+ years......</p>
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42 in the KHL</p>
 

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Emery had the same rap when he went to the KHL....washed up, can't recover from his hip problem, team cancer, washed up ect....    He worked out well.   Just sayin.</p>
 

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I figure this move has 2 purposes:</p>


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1) Gives Raanta some real competition in traning camp.  He can still be sent up and down from Rockford at will and if Leighton looks good and Raanta mails it in his backup position won't be guarenteed.</p>


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2) Gives some depth below Raanta in case Raanta or Crawford gets injured. </p>


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The real question is what's the cap status of this deal--I would assuming it's somewhere around 750K</p>
 

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