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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
But doesn't similar results, with a disparity between opposition quality, point to a superior body of work?
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I didn't say anything about similar results because the results are fairly different:
Rittich won two games against bottom-feeders and lost in a S/O v. the third-worst scoring team in the League. He got lit up by the top two teams and ended with a record of 2-1-1, and was pulled in the other game in that stretch.
Smith played middling-scoring teams who are all either charging for or comfortably in the playoffs, won three of four of those games, and beat a top-five scoring team while allowing four goals to compile a record of 4-1-0 in the same stretch.
So then, a slight edge to Rittich for higher quality of opponent, and a slight edge to Smith for the better results. Like I said, on the balance of everything considered both goalies look to have been playing pretty even.