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Originally Posted by Har-Calgary
Maybe he did have Rittich slotted to play in this game already, it really doesn't matter, pretty dumb thing to argue about.
I just think it's an easy thing for GG to say now that Rittich has to start and kudos to him, I'd probably do the same. Helps downplay the situation and maybe gives Rittich an extra jolt. Just like how it was easy for him to downplay the whole Jagr situation and kept calling him day to day even though he knew for about a week or even longer that Jagr was done with the team. Again, I don't blame him, this is what coaches always do, they keep quiet or say whatever they will to downplay situations. Regardless, it's a non-issue. Should have no bearing on how people view GG as a coach.
Glad to see Smith is ok, hopefully he's back soon!
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Exactly A good rule of thumb is to take absolutely everything athletes, coaches, GM's say to the media with a huge grain of salt. Maybe GG realized they would have to play Rittich a little more and this game was a possibility. And maybe it motivated him. Who knows. Who cares.
Believing that coaches don't speak the whole truth to media is not due to outright hatred of GG.
I wish we had Mr. Spock around to calculate the odds of Rittich's first start in a non back to back scenario would be the game where Smith was injured and couldn't play.