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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
One thing Rittich's save percentage doesn't show is that the team has hung him out to dry a lot this season. If another goaltender has faced more breakaways and odd man rushes I would be very surprised. I haven't seen a Flames team play this poorly defensively since the Hartley days.
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Yeah but Flames fans have been saying this since 2005 or so (Kipper was amazing, yet only had a 91.2% for his career).
I am skeptical that the Flames' defense has been that horrible the entire time - always making goalie save percentages lower than what they should be. In my opinion, Brodie has made fewer major mistakes this year than last year. That goes for Rasmus Andersson as well.
I also watch all the Predator games, and I see no major difference in the number of prime scoring opportunities (with that said, Rinne is struggling so it's a moot point).