I have no faith in Rittich after his disastrous pre-season, both of these guys would be an upgrade as a backup in my opinion which allows Gillies to go down and play 1a/1b minutes with Parsons.
I'd give the edge to McElhinney as his backup stats have been historically pretty strong .920+ and low 2 GAA. He's been around long enough to be able to sit for 3 weeks and then come in and steal a game.
I do caution the "been there, done that" with Curtis but he's a lot older now and more matured throughout the league, I think he's a solid backup option over what we have. Doubt the flames move on either of these guys though, I think we need a better candidate moving forward to eventually compete to be the #1
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