If Smith is playing less then 60 games, Rittich or whoever has to be better than last year. In the very controlled situation, both Rittich and Gillies looked fine, but when Smith went down, they played below average and simply not good enough when it mattered the most. It’s not the losses, it that in each games, which were tight, they let bad goals at bad times, and at worst time in the season to stumble, and really didn’t look confident.
Doesn’t surprise me with the rumblings BT is looking for a vet backup. I think a Rittich and Gillies have a very short leash this year if they don’t look to have the confidence when thrown in there.
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