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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I actually quite like this comparison, and I tend to agree. But I do think Rittich—much like Ramo—has POTENTIAL to be the Flames's long-term starter. He is not quite there yet, but I think there is a good chance he gets there soon. Fortunately for the Flames and for Rittich, he is a few years younger than Ramo was when he played in Calgary, and I think has even more room to grow.
I was one of those posters, but I don't think my hope was misplaced. Ramo's NHL career was undone by serious knee injury—not by his on-ice performance.
Probably, but I am not overly concerned about it.
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Agreed that the knee injury ruined Karri's career; I would've been fine retaining him had he continued to put up his career numbers of 2.60ish and .910 as a stop-gap starter.
The net has been the weak link of this team since Kiprusoff retired, and the upgrades have been incremental at best. Where once we had rusted metal, now we have bronze. Which still won't hold up to the pressure of a Cup run. Obviously we have to keep Rittich in the short term, but he has to take another step. Ramo put up those numbers with a fresh-faced rebuilding team coached by Bob Hartley - Rittich is doing the same thing on the best team in the conference.
It's still an issue.