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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
All of these guys had much better numbers by the time they were 28.
Dubnyk had 93.6% in his 28 year old season.
Kipper won a Vezina that year.
Cam Talbot's career save percentage at that point was almost 93%.
Kuemper had always had much better numbers than Rittich. Had 92.5% in his 28 year old season.
Markstrom is heavily overrated by CP in my opinion. But even he had had two 60+ game seasons by that point.
If Rittich really is something, he should do it this year. He has a year left on his contract, so there's no time like the present.
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Of course, not every situation is going to be the exact same, but just from watching Rittich he has always had the ability. He was an all star this season and the team's best player on a lot of nights in the first half.
Like I said earlier if he continues to develop the mental side of his game and he can avoid some of these injuries there is no reason he can't get better and better.
Dubnyk also had a sub .900 SP in the AHL just the season prior. No, these situations aren't exactly the same. They are just a handful of examples showcasing that goalies have a unique development curve.
I don't think using just save percentage to determine a goalies development is very accurate either. Every team and situation is different.
I'm not advocating making Rittich the #1 going into next year, but he's not a guy I'm giving up on yet either.