Rittich is playing well and fighting every game he starts for this team. Making great saves, being poised in the net and being cool as a cucumber (Pickle)
I'd say lets not make any hasty decisions on a trade yet and see how he makes out as the starter and smith the backup. Rittich is learning how to play to puck more and more off smith and i think that would be a great value for his game in the future.
And with less games, Smith might actually find himself again.
I am not sold on selling the farm yet to get another goalie when the team is actually playing well with the players they have in the locker room.
Let Rittich play a 2-1 ratio of games and see if both goalies respond. Smith stinks go 3-1 or 4-1 and have smith watch Rittich stop pucks more often.
If they both fail, then we are at this point of trading for a goalie anyways....
Lets keep the locker intact and modify the starter rotation.
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