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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This is a reasonable possibility, but I still don't see that Gillies is clearly a better choice to start in Calgary than Rittich. Does his marginally better preseason completely overwrite Rittich's 2017–18 NHL season performance? I doubt very much that any NHL coach would think so. People are putting way too much stock in goalie performances in the preseason.
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Rittich has a better track record than Gillies in the NHL. His pre-Smith-injury performance was the best of any Flames backup in a decade.
I wasn't saying Gillies is better (although I do think he has more potential).
I was just responding to a hypothetical. If some some reason Rittich is sent down, the Flames should not sign Lehtonen.