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Originally Posted by GioforPM
What evidence was there that he was "obviously" ready for a backup role?
Edit: as opposed to, say Ortio, Brossoit, etc, who put up good numbers in the AHL?
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The excellent AHL numbers.
I don't understand what more you could ask a prospect to do? You're literally asking them for NHL experience, and saying that you can't be ready unless you've proven yourself in the NHL? And of course, we hire the guy that gives us a 5.29 GAA because he has experience.
I mean, what evidence does anyone have that a prospect can do well in the NHL or not?
Rittich was one of the best goalies in the AHL last year behind a pretty mediocre team. At what point have they shown enough?
For example, Rittich played 6 games this year in the AHL - are you saying that these 6 games have completely changed your mind from being just a AHL prospect to being ready for an NHL backup? Or, was it Lack's failure that we were forced to try Rittich out?