Rittich was at the all star game albeit replacing Kuempner.. Fleury was also in as goalie for the Pacific division.
from the NHL.com / Flames
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Rittich has been rock solid for the Flames all season, posting an 18-11-5 record, a 2.79 GAA, a .913 save percentage, and two shutouts.
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There was no great outrage that Markstrom was robbed of the all-star honor. Markstrom was 18-13-3 with a 2.71 GAA and a .917 save percentage and 1 shut out.
Over the 1st 49 games of the schedule Markstrom would not be an significant upgrade on the goal tending that the Flames got.
Over the last complete season the Canucks (with Markstom and Tanev) gave up exactly the same number of goals as the Flames (with Rittich and Hamonic) (214) The Canucks scored 20 more 224 to 204.
over the last 3 seasons Markstrom stats barely in the top half of starting goalies in the league.. 12 to 15th in all significant goalie stats,,, Mike Smith for comparison ranks 15 to 20 range along with Talbot.
A lot of goalies are great over 30, but most of them were great from age 25-26 to age 30.