I think it was Wills on the radio today who said "He just keeps getting better every year, what more can you ask of a player?" and that's a fair point.
The idea that Rittich "cost" the team points at all is bogus, every goalie has ups and downs, and the team has to play harder on the nights that the goalie isn't great. There's been a lot more nights this year and last where they won because Rittich was solid or better than nights where you can point at him and say "Wow he sucked tonight."
What Kipper brought was crazy consistency, he was just there night in and out (in my memory anyway) and BSD is a little more manic than that, but I think he's a hell of a good goalie and I hope he plays a long time for the club.
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