Padstackers Club: ...And a Beauty

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James Reimer delivers perhaps the best 4-0 loss in goalie history, and more...

By Marnitz Kotze

"Me and my goalies, we tighter than a glove/ Save a lot of games its how we do it at the Padstackers Club" - Eric "Eazy-E" Wright


A great save can get you cemented in history as a game changer, but most importantly it will get you printed on our weekly segment about saves. This is the Padstackers club.

Kari Lehtonen on John Mitchell 

We're a month into the season and we have our selves a Save of he Year candidate with this absolutely pad-tacular effort from Kari Lehtonen. He tries to cover the puck only to have John Mitchell take it away. As Mitchell moves from the back to the front of what seems like an open net, Lehtonen swims across the crease and does this....

The Stars were down a goal at this point and even though they eventually lost in overtime, this save most definitely helped them get the one point.

James Reimer on everyone

A lot of people argue the Leafs' goaltending is the reason for their success. With Reimer's league-leading 1.99 goals against average (GAA), it's hard to disagree. This series of saves against Vancouver on Saturday is a testament to that.

Martin Brodeur on Valterri Filppula

Brodeur is probably the last guy in the league that still plays a hybrid stand-up style and definitely the last to do so effectively. Watch him make a classic stand-up save to help the Devils secure their third win on the season and second in a row.

Ryan Miller on Alex Chiasson

Is it just me or is goalies on bad teams making great saves becoming a recurring theme here? Anyways, Buffalo and Dallas were tied 1-1 at this point. I'd love to be able to tell you the fairy tale ending where the Sabres go on to win, invigorated by this save, but I can't. They lost. Because they're the Sabres.

Braden Holtby on David Jones

They say your best penalty killer always has to be your goaltender. Here Braden Holtby demonstrates why with a series of saves that kept his team in the game during a Calgary power-play. Although the Caps went on on to lose this game, it's always amazing hearing Joe Beninati calling hockey.

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Marnitz Kotze is a contributing writer  the host and producer of the TNZT Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @marnitzkotze if you dare.