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Originally Posted by Nelson
Fair enough. I don't know enough about why Pickard didn't play backup for the Leafs last year. It may have been solely because he was not good enough, but there are a lot of other reasons teams do things. I guess I don't know if Pickard playing in the AHL last year is evidence of Pickard getting worse or not.
Also, I don't know if I buy the worsening trend in general because sometimes a player may just be a victim of circumstance. Given his circumstances, I'm fairly impressed with Pickard's work from 4, 3 and 2 years ago. I don't know what to think about last year.
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Which is why teams rarely make lateral moves like this, especially when Rittich looked so strong as a back up before being thrown into the starters role.