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Originally Posted by madmike
Awesome to see Gillies doing well.
Does anyone know much about Rittich? I remember the signing and not really caring at the time - just thought it was a decent way for the Flames to fill out their AHL roster. But as time goes on, it looks like Rittich could have an NHL future.
How did the Flames find him? His stats in the Czech league don't really stand out, but clearly the Flames saw something in him.
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While his numbers in the Czech league don't blow you away he was tied for 4th in SV% and was 14th in GAA (4 of the guys ahead of him played fewer than 20 games), he had struggled the season before as a rookie and in the Czech-2 league he had been phenomenal for a couple years prior to that. You'd have to think that progression, combined with his age made him stand out to the Flames scouts.