Kind of off on a tangent, but I would love to know what the scouting report and projection was for Rittich when they identified him as someone to sign. Maybe I am wrong, but I don’t recall that he was sought after by other teams, but so far he is doing well by at least sticking as an NHL back-up.
He seems to be improving and could be a classic late bloomer. Too early to tell for sure. Was he ever ranked by one of the independent scouting services when he was draft eligible? Who is our scout that would have been watching him in the Czech league?
But yeah, goalies are so hard to project.
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