GOALIEPOST.com 10/06/09

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Pascal Leclaire Firm @ 12:49pm EDT
12:49pm Leclaire will start for the Sens facing Gustavsson (Ottawa Citizen)

Jonas Gustavsson (Sportsnet) Firm @ 12:19pm EDT
12:23pm Gustavsson has said he is starting (Sportsnet.ca)

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Semyon Varlamov Firm @ 11:46am EDT
11:47am Tarik El-Bashir has noted Varlamov will start tonight. (Tarik El-Bashir)


Ray Emery (flyers.nhl.com) Firm @ 7:50am EDT
12:44pm Emery will start tonight. (PhilaBright)

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Mike Smith (Tampa Tribune) Firm @ 11:24am EDT
7:56am The plan is to use Smitty for a while. (Tampa Tribune)

Cam Ward Firm @ 12:44pm EDT
12:45pm Cam Ward quotes about facing the Lightning tonight (hurricanes.nhl.com)

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UNKNOWN @ 6:59pm EST - Dec 31st

Niklas Backstrom Likely @ 12:28pm EDT
12:28pm No lineup changes reported (Wild.com)

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****GOALIE CHANGE****

Jaroslav Halak Firm @ 2:39pm EDT
2:39pm First start for Halak tonight (RDS.ca)
Miikka Kiprusoff Probable @ 8:05am EDT

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Marty Turco Probable @ 8:05am EDT

Nikolai Khabibulin Likely @ 10:28am EDT
10:28am Quinn throwing him back out there (oilers.nhl.ca)

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Evgeni Nabokov Likely @ 11:25am EDT
11:25am Nabokov is expected again tonight (Contra Costa Times)

Jonathan Quick (kings.nhl.com) Firm @ 7:49am EDT

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*90-99% - Firm or a strong prediction from reliable source(s)
*75-89% - Likely, based on source(s)
*51-74% - Probable, odds are better than the other goalie

[Panekkkk]

Thx Hoff! Surprised to see Varlamov in there after Theodore's opening day shut-out.

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Niklas Backstrom (wild.nhl.com) Firm @ 2:35pm EDT

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**UPDATE**

Jaroslav Halak Firm @ 2:39pm EDT
2:39pm First start for Halak tonight (RDS.ca)

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Nikolai Khabibulin Firm @ 3:38pm EDT

[Al Masters]

BOL, but cant see MTL getting past Calgary.

thanks for the info