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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
I feel like there are two different conversations happening here.
I agree that Mike Smith is the goalie for this season (or Rittich/Gillies steal it).
But I also don’t see a reason to re-sign Smith and Treliving should be looking for replacement options for next season.
Even if Mike Smith has a Vezina year... he’s getting up there. We need a replacement.
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Ideally one of Rittich or Gillies takes a big step this year and starts splitting games more evenly after Christmas. Outside chance on Parsons. So far though Parsons and Gillies have been off to rough starts (don't know how much of that is on team play without the drill down stats), so it's up to Rittich.
Rittich as the frontrunner and a veteran backup to share the nets next year is likely the plan.
That could be Smith if he has a strong year AND will sign year to year AND will take a discount.