Rittich 33 of 35 saves in the win. 2nd star of the game. He just keeps reminding the organization he is ready.
Save percentage for season now in 6 games: 0.931 for 5th in the AHL. Right behind Demko and Hutchinson.
I think we have a viable backup option if Lack continues to falter.
I agree with several posters. Lack likely gets one more start in back to back game coming up. If he falters he will get waived and Rittich comes up. Too much at stake for us to experiment with Lack any longer.
Rittich has done everything right to earn that opportunity.
I dont think backing up Smith would hurt his development. The difference in number of games played is not much given how short a season there is in Stockton and Flames organization philosophy to play "higher ceiling" Gillies more.
6/14 so far X 68 total games = 29 games projected in Stockton
15-20 Flames games given Smith typically plays around 60-65 games per season.
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