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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
There is a bit of a silver lining to having Rittich and Gillies play these games down the stretch. Once the season is over they will both have considerably more NHL experience than they did a season ago and both should now have a measuring stick to work on deficiencies in the offseason. There's no doubt goaltending has not been good enough as of late but the way the first line is playing right now I'm not so sure that Smith would be making a big difference for team as tonight's game was an offensive explosion (for this team) at 3 goals scored.
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Rittich, in particular, was excelling in the backup role, which speaks to the mental strength required to be the #1 guy.
I do think with Smith in net the Flames probably have at least 2-3 more wins and are right their in the playoff picture.
But we'll never know.