This tells me that they view Gillies in a little higher regard than they do Rittich and that's not a slight at Rittich at all.
Gillies will be the starter in Stockton this year while Parsons should get around 20 starts down there; Rittich will back up Smith for the year and come the off-season next year ~ depending on how things shake down I could see us parting ways with Rittich and re-upping Smith for maybe 1 more year to graduate Gillies into a starting NHL position.
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