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Originally Posted by Duffalufagus
Rittich was not good. Sorry bud. As I mentioned in the pregame thread, he has been mediocre or worse for over 6 weeks now. His numbers are not good.
I get it though. You think he is great.
Edit: just read the rest of your points and thought I’d just reply to all here.
- goals 1, 3 and 4 were all savable. Good goalies make big saves.
- you are going to have to make a whole lot of excuses if you are going to justify your argument that Rittich isn’t part of the problem right now.
<.900 sv% in 8 of last 13 games and has benn yanked 3 times.
I think the D has been awful this year. But Rittich isn’t playing consistent hockey either.
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Your ‘savable’ goals all had something in common. Chicago guys one on one with the goalie with ample time and space to pick their spot.
Rittich should not even have to face the shot that Dube inexplicably passed in to the slot. That play should not happen.
I have little use for sv% as the be all end all argument for evaluating goaltending. It is one of the most over relied upon numbers which people use which only counts shots and goals, and has absolutely no consideration at all for how much time a shooter has and where they place their shots.
sv% is firstly a team D stat, which can then subsequently be torpedoed by bad goaltending (see Hiller, Jonas)
If you can’t see the difference between Anaheim’s 44 shots, many which were in to Talbot’s logo, and Chicago’s 28, well.. I can’t help you
And to the people complaining about the Flames trying to grind out a win dump and chase style, well, they let in 8 goals. Why aren’t you complaining about the defensive lapses? It is curious to see through the lens of other people