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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Ward did not say that equipment problems were why he was pulled.
He said he wanted to put him back in but couldn't
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Even then that kind of feels like passing the buck to Talbot, and not taking responsibility for the decision.
Rittich was in the game for 16 minutes before the end of the period and there was a 8 minute stretch between goal 5 and goal 6.
There should have been more than enough time to get Talbot back in the game if that was really Ward's intention.
He made a bad decision to pull Talbot and put in Rittich who hadn't seen game action in months. He should have fallen on that sword, acknowledged it was his mistake, and moved on.