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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It was a difficult position to be in, and I am not sure how it could have played out otherwise. Was there another clear opportunity to give Rittich game-time in the playoffs that would have better prepared him for Game #6? I don't see when.
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It could easily have gone another way, knowing BSD, and Ward would have looked like a genius. It's pretty tough to say you can't use your backup at all in that situation.
I suppose they could have thrown Rittich a game in the play-in, but they all turned out to be pretty big.
But at the end of the day results matter and Ward picked the wrong horse.