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In need of some stability in between the pipes in both the NHL and AHL, the Toronto Maple Leafs added one of the top in the business to their staff in François Allaire.

One step at a time, Brian Burke appears to be setting the Maple Leafs’ ship in the right direction. Four days after dismissing his AHL coaching staff, Toronto’s GM tackled another area of his club in need of improvement, goaltending, bringing in Francois Allaire from the Anaheim Ducks to work with the organization’s netminders.

Shortly after it was announced last week that Roland Melanson would not be back with the Canadiens, various French media outlets had contacted Allaire to gauge his interest in joining his former employer. His answer was that the Ducks had presented him with a new contract, which he planned to look over and discuss with his family to decide what was best for them.

Eight days later, it appears the opportunity to return to the East and reunite with Brian Burke would seal the deal. Maple Leafs’ 2008-09 Goaltending Stats The 2008-09 season was not a good one in the Toronto crease. Only one of the four goaltenders who suited up for the club posted a save percentage above .900: Senators castoff Martin Gerber, who closed out the year with a .905 save percentage in 12 games with Toronto and a .902 save percentage overall (together with his Ottawa numbers). Not one had a goals-against average below 3.

Below average results in net – not aided by the players in front of it – resulted in the Maple Leafs ranking 30th in the NHL in goals-against (286) and goals-against per game (3.49). It’s an area in which the team has seen a steady decline since the lockout, dropping from 21st overall in 2005-06; in 2003-04, the Leafs sat in the middle of the pack in both categories, in 15th place.

Allaire, Roy, Giguère...Oh My! The fact that Allaire has spent his 25-year career with just two NHL teams is a testament on its own to his reputation as one of the game’s best. But it’s the names he’s worked with that truly cement his place among the cream of the crop.

In 1984, Allaire signed on with the Montreal Canadiens to help in the development of a young lad by the name of Patrick Roy. By the end of his tenure in 1996, Roy had reached elite status. After Montreal, the man credited with perfecting the butterfly style headed west to join the then-Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. One of the first beneficiaries of Allaire’s experience was Guy Hebert, who became the first-ever All-Star goalie in Anaheim franchise history in 1997.

The start of the new millennium saw the goaltending guru acquire a new protégé in Jean-Sébastien Giguère. Two years in, Giguère enjoyed what is now one of the best years of his career, with 34 wins, a 2.30 GAA and .920 save percentage, en route to Anaheim’s run to the Stanley Cup Final. So, while the Maple Leafs have question marks in between their pipes, no one will question the man brought in to provide some answers.
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