Baby Eaters of the Week: Hometown Edition

This has been a while in coming, but until the Leafs actually play their next game it's still totally relevant.

Thanks to nothing of significance happening in the hockey world since Wednesday, I rewatched the Toronto vs. Carolina game because despite the final score and Giguere letting in five goals, I enjoyed it immensely. I then rewatched part of the Toronto vs. Tampa game, but only part of it because the only real highlight was Steve Downie reminding us all why he's a total d-bag when he tried to pick a fight with Colby Armstrong despite the latter having already missed part of the game with a hand injury (broken finger?). Classy. Big ups for Armstrong who under no circumstances should have been forced into that position in the first place.

Now, without further ado, I give you my Baby Eaters of the Week:

Number 3: James Reimer.

He may not have gotten the win on Tuesday, but Pierre McGuire still named Reimer McGuire's Monster thanks in no small part to his stopping all three of Martin St. Louis' breakaways. This is significant despite being an honour bestowed by the third most worthless hockey analyst on TSN, as he got the recognition despite Roloson coming up big with a shut-out. Not that Reimer needs (or enjoys) recognition;  he called himself out in his post-game interview claiming that he needs to be able to shut it down when the team needs it. Wow - a goalie and a mensch.

The truth is that he got absolutely no help in the first twenty whatsoever. The second goal in particular resulted after he pulled off a crazy save and not a single Leaf was able to clear the rebound before Teddy Purcell could get to it. The fact that the score was only 2-0 for Tampa at the end of the first was nothing short of a miracle, and that miracle's name is James Reimer.

(Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Also, he has a great smile.

Number 2: Tim Brent

In Monday night's game against Carolina, Brent turned it up to eleven ('it' being beast mode, obviously) and scored two quick goals just over a minute apart. He also fed a beautiful pass to Brown who netted the fourth (and, sadly, last) tally for the Leafs.

The goals are at 1:07 in the video, and man, they are as sleek and sexy as goals can be. Please note that this game is particularly important as it was shortly after the final buzzer that Tim Brent was persuaded to get a Twitter account. And yes, I take great pride in having been one of his first hundred followers.

And finally, the Baby Eater of the Week is none other than....

Clarke MacArthur

At 5'11'' he is almost a full foot shorter than Zdeno Chara, but by no means did that stop him from swinging Chad LaRose all the way around his head in a move that emulated Chara's treatment of Bryan McCabe all those years ago.

Now that is truculence.