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Originally Posted by Bingo

The starter (Turek) was hurt though.

They didn't have the option of testing the new guy while keeping the number one sharp.

Rittich did a face plant last year as the number one, he may do that again. Until proven otherwise Smith is the most likely bet to be the team's most dependable path to adequate goaltending based on his career and history.

If he continues to sputter though, I think you'll see Rittich get more and more rope to see if he hangs himself. If he doesn't a star is born!

In fairness the team quit and hung him out to dry. They had missed the playoffs and basically shut it down until Gulutzan was fired.

That was one of the most abysmal and pathetic stretches of hockey I've ever witnessed so I dont think you can draw too many meaningful conclusions from that.