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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Smith still has worse numbers than rittich. What sort of message does this send to BSD?
"Hey Dave, we know we gave Mike about 25 starts and he was pure garbage, and you had top 5 goalie numbers through your first 20. Recently though we think you've come down to a top 20 tendy range so instead we're gonna keep going with this guy who has worse stats than most of the goalies who have started for philly this year. Hes almost got his save percentage back to .9!! Sorry, we just have a long history with mike and frankly we dont like you."
How are we supposed to build rittichs confidence this way? He is a far more important asset both immediately and long term. Mike smith should be playing in the ahl right now. I would be discouraged if I was BSD.
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I think understandably if Rittich never interacted with any of his teammates and coaches, and if all the information he ever received about or from the team came via the media and internet message boards. However, given that this is not the case, I see no reason why Rittich should be discouraged providing that the coaches continue to do their jobs. He is 0-2-1 in his last three starts. Mike Smith is 2-0-1. I expect that every NHL goalie knows and accepts how the ebbs and flows in a season can affect his workload. Here's hoping that regardless of the result tonight Rittich will get the start v. Anaheim on Friday.