I'm expecting the team to ride the hot hand and to take a "winner's net" approach to workload allocation.
Talbot has more experience, has had more success in the league, and is betting on himself with this contract. I'm betting on him too and think he ends up earning more work than Rittich over the course of the season. I went 45-35 for Talbot.
I kind of hope I'm wrong as it would.mean another step forward for Rittich, which would ultimately be best for the team. But it's nice to have two goalies that can reasonably be expected to give quality starts more often than not.
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