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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
The thing is, Rittich is an RFA this summer. Say the flames do take the wait and see approach. What if Rittich finishes with his current sv% and GAA? What if he gets Vezina votes? What if he wins a playoff round or 2.
What’s going to stop him from getting near or Hellebuyck like money? Goalies are voodoo to me as well and the idea of paying Rittich $5M-$6M on a long term deal scares me. That’s why I’m in the sign him early camp to get that number as low as possible.
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I'd much rather wait and extend Rittich in the summer. If he costs an extra million or two because he won a few rounds, at least we're paying him for coming up big at the biggest time of the year.
The last thing we should do is Turek him. Nobody is going to offer sheet David Rittich with Bobrovsky and Varlamov hitting UFA. Anything lower than $5M would be matched, and if anyone wants to give us a 1st+ for a guy we found for free in the Czech league, I'm cool with that as well.