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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Loved that game! Fast - hard working - great chances - wonderful goaltending at both ends - and the right team won!
Great to see Lazar score - I think he's worked his butt off to be useful to the team. Never seems to have anything but a smile on his face. And Kulak has been steady eddie. Nice to see.
The team stuck with it - that defensive piece of the last 3 minutes was crazy! Don't care that they couldn't score an EN goal - happy that they could tie up the puck, and when Nashville got it, close down the opportunities. Not perfect, but after screwing up, Rittich just made great saves and a "safe play" when he needed to. Suspect he won't do a lot of puck handling again....
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His puck handling/shooting skills will improve with Smith as his mentor.
Smith backed up Marty Turco and learned the art very well.
Rittich will do the same. I have already seen a change in Rittich's style playing the puck.