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Originally Posted by Ryan Coke
Actually Rittich is 4 years younger and has far less pro and NHL experience.
And I couldn't care less how many posts anyone makes in a row.
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Was going to say this. The Flames are looking for a number one goalie, not a backup. Which means you use a guy who's been a number one already (MAF/Smith) or a backup who might be ready to make the move (Raanta/Grubauer/Pickard/Mrazek...) The Canes have done the latter with Darling.
Rittich has one period of NHL. Raanta has a healthy amount of starts for a backup in his last two seasons. Over a third of the games last season. Rittich has done fine in the AHL. But the NHL is littered with great AHL goalies who failed at the NHL.