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Originally Posted by Textcritic
He was a ROOKIE playing in his first NHL season. A player's career and potential is not defined by cherry-picked slices of their body of work. I would be surprised if Rittich was not better in this, his second NHL season.
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Lets hope he is much better.
Being a rookie is irrelevant to what im saying. If the Flames wish to contend, they need more from a backup. If he can't be held to higher expectations due to his experience, find someone else.
I have no worries about him playing 15-20 games spread out over 82, I'm worried about what happens if Smith goes down and his workload increases.