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Originally Posted by Gaskal
Out of 21 starts this year he's had maybe like 1 good streak of a handful of games. Outside of that it's basically like 1 good start every 3 games.
Also, the whole "let's keep playing him because we're not a bad team and can outscore crap goaltending" schtick died a few weeks back when Willsy started shoving it down everyone's throats ad nauseum.
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I think the number of games Mike Smith plays also helps to ensure that Rittich keeps winning. We can't say for sure if things would be different had Rittich played 30 games up to this point, but given that the coaches seem reluctant to play him more suggests that this is certainly a factor.