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Originally Posted by Flamenspiel
Yea, for now I think Rittich is certainly adequate. He had that weak episode last year but I don't think he has had a really bad game this year. The Columbus game was a weird one where all the goalies had a bad game but i cannot think of any other bad performances or any where he "wilted under pressure"...The most pressure he had was the two games against Edmonton and he was excellent in those two games.
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Last year he was great until he was pushed into the #1 spot, then he was average to below average the rest of the year.
This year he had two bad games right after he seemed to be our #1 going forward, Smith then comes back and plays some good hockey taking the #1 spot again, and then Rittich starts playing well again.
Rittich has never looked good when he's the #1 spot. Again, he's young and has the potential to get over the hump, but he hasn't yet and it's still a big question mark for him.