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Originally Posted by TheRealPepman
I don't know if I'm the minority in here but Mike Smith should have been given the leash to start this game and the game on Sunday against Arizona.
Oh Calgary. Always known to overplay goalies. (Hey Kipper!) We get it. Smith is awful this year. But he needs some opportunity to succeed. And one is to make him play against a pretty meh team. Make sure also that the workload handed to BSD and Smitty are balanced!
Overplaying Smith last year is still fresh in our minds, Bill Peters. We had to rely on AHL goaltending (Gillies and pre-BSD Rittich) and that cost us a playoff spot.
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I disagree, and don't believe that is happening here. Peters actually has a history of managing his goalies, and setting a priority on keeping them fresh. I think we are at the point of the schedule where Rittich should and will play three of four games. Smith will almost certainly get the start on Sunday, and pacing Rittich at around 50-starts is not going to cripple him.