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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
I see it as flawed. Some shots are physically impossible to stop, when placed perfectly enough and shot quickly enough. That is not something you appear to care about factoring in.
I consider Rittich to have been solid based on what appears to be physically possible in the situation.
To me a goalie can let in 6, and still have played well.
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Your basic concept of Rittich letting in 6 perfect unstoppable goals is flawed.
On all of the goals Rittich was on his knees protecting the bottom of the net. Just staying up right before the shot would have given him a fighting chance. He was well back in the net and was not reading the play like a great goalie.
The "talent" that Tampa had was hitting the upper quarters of the net. The pucks were going in without touching either Rittich or the goal posts/ cross bars.
Talented teams like the Bolts, Flames, Jets, Sharks are going to have 5-10 high quality (eye test) scoring chances a game.... A good goalie reads the play, positions himself and saves at least half of them.
Relative to the rest of his play this year this was a substandard game.
If Smith was in goal there would be a general consensus that he cost the Flames the game.