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Originally Posted by Toonage
Flames love his (Smith's) play with the puck and want Rittich learning from him so he can play it more too.
Wish I could find where I read that, but I'm 100% sure its out there.
So people who hate when Rittich handles the puck, I have bad news for you.
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If Rittich can be as good, that's great. Right now he's a bit betwixt and between. He's good at controlling it, and he's confidently firing it up ice like Smith. But he's overconfident in his accuracy and strength.
I think Smith's up ice passing is first rate. But even better is his ability to stop a hard dump in even when it's circling the end boards up high.