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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
*Smith bad! Rittich good!*
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Straw men and equivocations abound in this post.
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Some of us just think Rittich should get a bit more leash than what Smith gets. Especially considering if Smith plays anything more than 40 games in the regular season he is likely too gassed to do anything in playoffs... He is old and we need to look to the future.
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Well, this is just patently false. Since both goalies are on pace to play fewer than 50 games it seems abundantly clear to me that any concerns about fatigue heading into the post-season are badly overblown. As usual, the same tired tropes of "looking to the future," and "more leash" are used to validate opinions that would see the Flames ride Rittich into oblivion.
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Rittich has had one bad start, and against columbus he was terrible, but how many times did peters go right back to smith earlier this season even after he gave us a start like that??
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The coach continued to play his starting goaltender through a rough patch in hopes of seeing him work through it? Astonishing.
The fact of the matter is that the Flames have two goalies that need to play. While Smith was the clear-cut starter heading into this season, things have changed, and the promising back-up goalie in his second NHL season is being given an opportunity to show that he can
eventually be a starter. David Rittich is not there yet. Hopefully he gets there, but until he does I suspect the team will continue to operate with a measure of caution and something closer to a two-goalie platoon with the veteran starter he is seeking to supplant.