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Originally Posted by flamesrule_kipper34
I really have no clue on what planet people thought we could get a second for Ritter. We were gonna likely lose him for nothing and I'm glad we didn't pull a Burke on Cammo crap
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The Leafs are
desperate for a goalie since Anderson was put on LTIR yesterday and Campbell is the lone NHL-caliber goalie in their stable right now.
The only teams with spare goalie capacity are Carolina (one of Reimer, Mrazek, Nedeljkovic), Detroit (Bernier, Greiss), Florida (Dreidger), and Buffalo (Hutton, Ullmark).
Rittich isn't a seasoned playoff vet, but none of the available goalies are any better (besides Carolina's trio). He is also slightly younger than Campbell and has played twice as many NHL games.
Especially if the Flames are retaining salary, Treliving should have been pushing harder a second rounder or a conditional second (e.g. based on the Leafs making it out the 1st round)