Rittich has already Surpassed Smith in games played. Rittich has started 28 games, and Smith has started 25. There are 29 Games left. I think that we shouldn't be surprised to see smith start 10 of those before the playoffs start.
For me, the magic number is keeping Rittich under 50 games in the regular season. Anything more than that the Flames start going into dangerous territory, because my suspicion is that Rittich will start every playoff game, meaning that if things go well, he will have to play in excess of 20 games in a row.
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