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Nelson · 08-11-2018, 10:09 AM

Try as I might, I still can’t feel good about the goaltending.

Smith was excellent in 47 GP before his injury last season, but afterwards, he was pretty bad in 8 GP. At age 36, I don’t think it’s borrowing trouble to say we should expect Smith will be injured at some point.

Rittich, the likely backup, had quality starts 62.5% of the time last season and I’ve been through his game by game save percentages. But I just don’t trust him. I don’t feel confident he could take the starter’s role and perform well for a big chunk of the season. I don’t feel confident Gillies or Parsons could do it either.

I feel reasonably confident the forwards are the best we’ve seen in a while and the defence can be fine despite the loss of Dougie Hamilton. But I just feel like goaltending could sink the season.

08-11-2018, 10:09 AM	#1364
Nelson First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2016 Exp:	Try as I might, I still can’t feel good about the goaltending. Smith was excellent in 47 GP before his injury last season, but afterwards, he was pretty bad in 8 GP. At age 36, I don’t think it’s borrowing trouble to say we should expect Smith will be injured at some point. Rittich, the likely backup, had quality starts 62.5% of the time last season and I’ve been through his game by game save percentages. But I just don’t trust him. I don’t feel confident he could take the starter’s role and perform well for a big chunk of the season. I don’t feel confident Gillies or Parsons could do it either. I feel reasonably confident the forwards are the best we’ve seen in a while and the defence can be fine despite the loss of Dougie Hamilton. But I just feel like goaltending could sink the season.