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Originally Posted by PugnaciousIntern
Rittich is just so likeable.
I really thought Ortio was going to be it. So I’m going to continue holding judgement for a while. Rittich flat out struggled last season for many games in a row, so I keep reminding myself of that to come back down to earth.
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Can't remember where I got it from, perhaps one of the Daily Flames Roundtables on F960 - but it was mentioned when Smith went down last year and Rittich found himself thrust into the role, he definitely didn't smile as much and joke around like he normally did.
But now that he's gotten a chance to reflect on that experience I feel good about his prospects. He's in his physical prime, not in the twilight of his career, and appears to be in very high spirits right now. And he appears to have gotten over the burden of playing at home at this point.