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					Originally Posted by  Scroopy Noopers
					 
				 
				Do you just hate goalies in general? 
			
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I like Rittich.  I am not sure if he is ready for what awaits, but I have faith in him to perform well as a heavily used back-up. Unfortunately, I see him needing to start at least 50-60 games next year.  
I am still just worried that it looks like Talbot was the only option considered before free agency even hit.  He isn't a good goalie IMO.
It's just like how Smith was targeted despite other better goalies being on the market.  I am jaded with the Flames management at this point when it comes to being able to identify and target goalies.  I mean, Arizona dumped Smith and replaced him with Raanta and Kuemper.  Mrazek signed for just slightly more than Talbot.  Lehner signed a zero risk one-year deal.  Yet Talbot was rumoured to be the guy going all the way back to the draft and was all but finalized a week before July 1st.