And fact is, Rittich has to look a fair bit better, more confident etc etc this year, after the more or less failure that both he and Gillies had when Smith went down in NY. Without that controlled handling of their game selection, they looked a lot more shaky from the first game they got thrown into thr fire.
Treliving won't hesitate to make the change from either of them if they don't appear fully confident or ready in the backup role in the upcoming weeks or months.
Not a great start for both in that regard to show that they've shooken that as our experience off, but plenty of preseason action for both of them this next week and a half or so to prove themselves and maybe build themselves back up.
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