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Originally Posted by madmike
Rittich I think will be 25 next year, so he's not really a super young prospect. If the Flames don't offer him an NHL deal, I could see a bottom feeder offering him one and the Flames losing him.
That's provided Rittich plays well down the stretch.
Unless Elliott shows something more than he has so far, there's no reason to bring him back. He's had decent moments, but overall he hasn't been anywhere close to where he needs to be as a starting goalie for a team with playoff aspirations. We've seen enough of the team at this point to know Elliott's poor numbers are a result of his lousy play and not the team in front of him.
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Agree. At age 24 we do not need to shelter Rittich. Rittich is 4th in the AHL in GAA and 3rd in SA this year albeit with limited minutes.
It is time now to see what he can do. Get him a string of AHL games this month and call him up in February.
1 Zane McIntyre 682:27 1.41 0.951
2 Juuse Saros 782:39 1.76 0.938
3 Ken Appleby 717:22 1.84 0.928
4 David Rittich 703:19 1.96 0.929
5 Troy Grosenick 1019:38 2.12 0.928
I do not care one bit if Elliott sits or gets waived. Huge drop off in Save Percentage this year. He has the lowest SA (0.889) of any goalie in league this year who have played more than 12 games!
Chad Johnson (0.920) sits at 16th across league just above Talbot, Luongo and Smith. I have a hard time blaming the team for Elliott's woes.