Calgary is 10-7-1 right now, and that is in no great thanks to Mike Smith. They could easily be 13-4-1 right now with the way the team has played if we had goaltending early on.
Come New Years i don't want to see the team at .500 like we have in the past, the are too damn good to be there and then will have an uphill climb to make play-offs again.
Smith is a professional hockey player, sit his butt on the pine and play Rittich as your starter... and i dont mean until he loses.
Give Rittich the chance like they have given smith over and over and over. Start Salty for 8 of 10 weather he sucks in a game or not and see if he can get used to a heavy load.
If he shines.... Calgary will be in a dominating spot in the standings... if he somehow forgets how to play, then they are at no worse then where they will be with playing Mike Smith = .500 hockey.
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