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Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988
I was under the impression that Rittich was battling a nagging injury in the last couple months of the season (when his play dipped). I thought it was his (edit: it was his elbow)
He is 100 percent now, I believe.
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This one exhibition game where Rittich plays 30 minutes is crazy.
After letting 2 goals on 9 shots and not getting a realistic workload there is not a lot of data to support Rittich starting.
This is a real mess up in coaching. The Starting goalie should have been announced while the Flames were still in Calgary.
The training camp had 2 purposes: Get the players into game shape and decide on a starting lineup including goalie.
If Rittich was going to be #1 and played the whole exhibition game and got bombed 6-1 there would be no problem asking the experienced Talbot to start game #1. That would be a data based decision.
Just a mess going in to ask Rittich to start his first NHL "playoff" game #1 where a loss puts the whole season, training camp and everyone's hard work
in getting ready in danger of a quick end.
Riitich has had 2 pro playoff starts in his career with Stockton in 2017.
It is just sad that Rittich did not start game 5 last year.
Right now it would be a lot easier to start Bennett as #1C between Gaudreau and Lindholm than it would be to start Rittich.