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Originally Posted by Textcritic

Would that have been 2017–18?

At the time Jacob Markstrom was in the first year of his current three-year $3.6 m deal. He had just come off of a fairly pedestrian performance as a backup: having played in 25 games and posted a solid but unspectacular 2.63 GAA and a 0.910 SP. He turned 28-years-old that season, and was playing his first year as a starter, which he finished with 23 wins in 60 GP, a 0.911 SP, 2.71 GAA and 2 SO.

He was a year older than Rittich is now, and recorded comparable, but likely worse numbers to what Rittich will probably turn in this year: on pace for 61 starts, 33 wins, a 0.911 SP, 2.81 GAA and 4 SO.

It seems a pretty good bet that Rittich is tracking well to become at least what Markstrom is today, if not better.

Perhaps so! I am not down on Rittich at all and still think he has great potential. We have had opportunities to snag other goalies though.