text: Reimer unhappy after being pulled against Red Wings | ProHockeyTalk
  Dec 22, 2013, 10:40 AM EDT
  2 Comments	AP	TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer wasn't pleased with his performance in their 5-4 shootout loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.
  Reimer was pulled after the first period when he gave up three goals on 12 shots and his team down 3-1. Jonathan Bernier relieved him and gave up one goal on 25 shots before losing in the shootout. After the game, Reimer vented some frustration.
  "I don't know if there's a goaltender in the league that's happy when they get pulled," Reimer said.
  When asked if he wanted to stay in an battle through it, Reimer said he wanted to do that.
  "You want that chance to get in there and fight and battle for your teammates and try and get a win," he said. "But obviously Randy [Carlyle] had other thoughts, and he's the coach and he's the one who makes those decisions. I just try and stop pucks."
  Carlyle was asked about his thought process behind switching out Reimer for Bernier and while he didn't put Reimer down, he was critical of the goals he allowed.
  "I thought the rebounds were bouncing away from him," Carlyle said. "When a goaltender is in the zone, pucks usually don't go through him, and their third goal went through him. I felt that the wrap-around goal was a stoppable wrap-around and his stick was extended and it hit the heel of his stick and went in the net. … So I made the decision if we got through the period that I was going to put Bernier in."
  Reimer allowed goals to Pavel Datsyuk, Joakim Andersson, and a spin-o-rama-like backhand by Tomas Jurco. The Leafs play again on Monday on the road against the Rangers. Reimer's start last night was his third in a row. Perhaps Bernier gets the call once again.
  Tags: Detroit Red Wings, James Reimer, Joakim Andersson, Jonathan Bernier, Pavel Datsyuk, Randy Carlyle, Toronto Maple Leafs	Skip to Comments (2)
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  Lupy Nazty Philthy - Dec 22, 2013 at 1:14 PM Reimer shouldn't be upset at all. A lot of time pulling the goalie isn't a slam against the goalie, but a plea to wake up the rest of the team. Seemed to have worked last night or the Leafs wouldn't have came back. Carlyle knows what he's doing.
  1943mrmojorisin1971 - Dec 22, 2013 at 6:11 PM Agreed, but I honestly believe if Bernier started last night and everything else unfolded the same way in the first he would have been in there to start the second. That's my guess as to why Reimer was upset. He was the incumbent starter but it seems that Bernier is Carlyle's preferred guy despite having not really outplayed Reimer so far.