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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck

Team defense is also huge when evaluating goalie performance.

Here's an interesting visual I saw today (not sure how to embed tweet):

https://twitter.com/ChartingHockey/s...78822779666432

link to chart: https://public.tableau.com/profile/s...oveexpectation

Well based on this, it seems like Lehner or Bishop should maybe win the Vezina over Vasilevsky. But Lehner only has 20 wins. Bishop only has 23.

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Bringing back Smith would not be a very smart decision.

Even if Smith had decent numbers this year, I would still be hesitant to bring him back.

It's been 5+ years. The Flames need to be developing goalies, and they need to find good long term options - even if it means having some growing pains.

This summer, there will be options that are much better than Mike Smith.
Whether Raanta, Khubodin, or Lehner will be available is up in the air.

Even then, the Flames may be able to acquire Broissoit, Bobrovsky, Nilsson, Varlamov (doubtfully), Grubauer, Ullmark.

Everyone listed above has more upside than Smith IMO, and I'd be fine running Rittich in atandem with any of them.