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Originally Posted by Textcritic
So, as much as Wills ignores aspects of Smith's record to exaggerate his point, these are just the sorts of flimsy rebuttals that Pinder likes to respond with on the other hand to exaggerate aspects of Smith's record in an effort to ignore his more recent results.
Today he downplayed Smith's win in Pittsburgh by comparing his performance to Rittich's in Tampa and pointing to the four goals allowed to suggest that his performance was no better than Rittich's despite the win. In so doing, he conveniently ignores the fact that one goalie made 31 saves on 32 shots at even strength, while the other stopped only 18 of 22.
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I think it's apparent that both are wrong about the goaltending. Smith isn't the answer, Rittich isn't either.
34 GP 20-5-5 with a 2.66 GAA and a .911 save percentage.
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34 GP 15-9-3 2.60 GAA and a .912 save percentage.
One is David Rittich, the other is Karri Ramo (14/15). So unless you're one of those people who thought Ramo was the answer, you shouldn't think Rittich is either. He's a good half of a platoon.
Goaltending remains the team's Achillies tendon.