01-06-2019, 07:28 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
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How the Flames found Big Save Dave
another great write up from Wes Gilbertson
https://calgarysun.com/sports/hockey...ind-for-flames
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Derek MacKinnon was there to focus on another guy.
At another position.
On the other team, in fact.
For MacKinnon, the Calgary Flames’ director of pro personnel, the purpose of this March 2016 scouting mission to Prague was for a live look at winger Daniel Pribyl, perched among the leading point-producers in the Czech Extraliga.
“So I went to the game with Daniel’s agent, was sitting with his agent, and as the game progressed, I literally leaned over to his agent and said, ‘Who is the goalie?’ ” MacKinnon recalled, noticing that Pribyl and his HC Sparta Praha pals were having trouble solving the lanky lad in the opposing crease. “The agent asked me, ‘Why?’ and I said, ‘Well, I really like him.’
“He was just explosively quick. I think they scored five on him, so the results weren’t there, but he probably stopped five breakaways and two or three other ‘A’ chances where he just exploded across the net.
“Now, there were other holes in his game, but he caught your eye.”
So who was this goalie?
A relatively raw and relatively unknown David Rittich, a workhorse that winter for BK Mlada Boleslav.
Not wanting to sound the We-Gotta-Sign-This-Guy! alarm after just one viewing, MacKinnon worked on digging up video of Rittich.
Impressed again, he forwarded the footage to Flames goaltending coach Jordan Sigalet.
“Jordan, right from Day 1, was like, ‘Holy, this guy has something,’ ” MacKinnon said.
Has something, indeed.
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01-06-2019, 07:29 PM
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First round-bust
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Lol @ Daniel Pribyl, first of all.
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01-06-2019, 07:39 PM
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Location: Calgary
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it's always awesome to hear stories like this.
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01-06-2019, 07:45 PM
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Daniel's biggest contribution to the team...
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01-06-2019, 07:49 PM
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Nice to see the Flames finally having success with someone from the Czech league after Cervenka, Pribyl, and even Jagr didn't work out.
I guess Sigalet isn't as bad as some posters think he is.
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01-06-2019, 07:50 PM
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Fire Jordan Sigalet?
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And while we're at it, fire David Rittich. I mean, if Sigalet likes how he plays goal, he must be incredibly bad.
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01-06-2019, 08:18 PM
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How the Flames found Big Save Dave
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Originally Posted by “Brad Treliving”
“We don’t ride the wave. Last year, people were ready to take (Rittich) behind the barn and put two in his kneecaps. We weren’t there. And this year, we’re not ready to put a statue in front of the building for him yet. You have to be a little even-keeled.
“I think he’s a really good goalie who is competitive, who is still young and is only in his second year and has shown growth and I still think there is growth there. Let’s live in the moment here right now and continue to support him, and he’ll continue to work and get better.
“And we’ll see where we get to.”
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Treliving says stuff like this a lot, and for a long time was the brunt of good-natured ribbing about “The Process,” but there is a crucial reason he continues to repeat himself. He is playing the long game. Fans live in the moment, but he can not afford to.
It is good to remember that from time to time. Especially in moments when a player is wildly exceeding or failing to meet expectations.
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01-06-2019, 08:23 PM
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All lies. This is all a ruse to keep other teams from finding good goaltenders.
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01-06-2019, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Fire Jordan Sigalet?
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Jesus. Look at the scorched earth stockpile of guys Sigalet has failed to get anything out of.
Kudos to Sigalet for recognizing something he likes about Rittich. Can’t take that away from him.
Let me ask you, how good of a goalie coach is David Marcoux? And why?
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01-06-2019, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Jesus. Look at the scorched earth stockpile of guys Sigalet has failed to get anything out of.
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There's something or other you can't make chicken salad out of, but it seems to have slipped my mind.
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01-06-2019, 10:30 PM
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Location: Vancouver
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Thanks for posting that. I have been really curious about how they discovered him. He didn't seem to be on anyone's radar.
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01-06-2019, 10:57 PM
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All I can get
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Poor Pribyl ran into some bad injury luck. Maybe he never would've cracked the squad, but he never really got the opportunity and went home.
Guy was supposed to be Rittich's English interpreter in Stockton as well.
I don't mind signing these European free agents. Maybe nine out ten don't pan out, but if you keep at it, maybe there's one who ends up a player. In the meantime, you've got bodies for the farm.
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01-06-2019, 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Jay Random
There's something or other you can't make chicken salad out of, but it seems to have slipped my mind.
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If you are in this thread you are probably thinking of NHL goalies. You can’t make chicken salad out of them.
You’re welcome.
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01-06-2019, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
I don't mind signing these European free agents. Maybe nine out ten don't pan out, but if you keep at it, maybe there's one who ends up a player. In the meantime, you've got bodies for the farm.
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Same paragraph could be used to describe goalies and Sigalet. 9 out of 10 won’t improve with his help.
Good coach though.
Rittich is awesome.
And kudos to Sigalet for reaching the one guy in his class that matters.
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01-06-2019, 11:21 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Same paragraph could be used to describe goalies and Sigalet. 9 out of 10 won’t improve with his help.
Good coach though.
Rittich is awesome.
And kudos to Sigalet for reaching the one guy in his class that matters.
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Or maybe when when reality doesn't fit a simplistic narrative, is the narrative that's wrong?
If the goalie coach was the problem, why have none of those "nine" goalies gone on to do better without him?
The certainly people use to cling to that which is actually unknowable always astonishes me.
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01-07-2019, 06:28 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Fire Jordan Sigalet?
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Promoting him to scout sounds line win-win.
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01-07-2019, 06:45 AM
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First Line Centre
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I was just wondering how they found David Rittich the other day too.
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01-07-2019, 08:04 AM
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
^ I hope you’re not referring to me. I claimed nothing to be certain.
How good of a goalie coach, again, is David Marcoux? Why?
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Good enough to teach butterfly style goaltending to a predominantly stand up style goalie mid season, on route to 3 consecutive vezina nominations. (But not good enough to turn any top prospects in to nhl backups)
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