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Originally Posted by BigErnSalute_16
I disagree. next years contract doesn't matter. but by that logic Talbot would have way more to prove.
Plus Talbot has been the better goalie for most of the season including the most recent part of it. He's played in the playoffs before and with a 5 game series you don't really have the luxury of hoping Rittich performs.
I think they go with the best goalie from their mini camp or whatever and I would put money on it being Talbot.
That being said, with a likely condensed schedule I think both goalies will have to be used for the Flames, or any team, to go far. But that also makes me nervous about Rittich being in the starter's role because imo he doesn't handle fatigue well at all.
Every season he starts hot and then falls off a cliff when they play him too much. IMO he is at his best playing no more than two or three games in a row and then having a couple game break in between so might as well keep him as the back up because we know he plays well in that role.
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I'm going to preface my comment by saying that I'm on the start Cam Talbot side of the goalie discussion.
By the the time they're playing Hockey again it'll roughly be a full off season regardless so starting Rittich may be the best option since he is good out of the gates. So that is a big point for Rittich starting.
Now the conversation goes to who starts further in and can the coach read the situation properly to make that change in good time.