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Legace Waived

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I have to say it....Legace deserved to get benched in favor of Mason. Manny played so poorly of late it is hard to argue that a demotion wasn't warranted too. To that end:

The Blues placed goaltender Manny Legace on waivers this morning, and they will know this weekend whether Legace has been claimed by another National Hockey League team.

If he is not, Legace -- who turned 36 on Wednesday -- will be sent to Peoria.

Well, maybe Manny can turn this into a good thing. Get down to Peoria, get a lot of ice time, and get back into the groove. The important thing is to have the right attitude about the situation.

Or not.

"It's extremely tough," Legace said. "You play your heart out for a team, and the minute you hit a little bit of a rough patch, they dump on you....

WTF? Whose game tapes has been watching? Manny's play this year has been so poor I've been longing for the return of Roman Turek, and that's just sad. Really Manny, take it from all of us Blues fans. Your entire season has been crap. The performance against Detroit (3 goals on 8 shots against a Red Wings team that was barely efforting) was the most embarrassing performance by a Blues goalie in a very long time. Had Andy Murray been paying closer attention Legace would have been pulled after the blooper reel of a second goal where Manny was completely befuddled.

Look, I know Manny has been a warrior for a team that hasn't been very good. But he is now costing an improving team a chance to win. There is a reason this team has lost so many one goal games, and it is Manny's inability to come up with that one save you need your goalie to make. At their best goalies make the rest of the players feel "Hey, I can do my job because the goalie has my back."

Manny hasn't had anyone's back this season, and everybody knows it.
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