11-16-2018, 02:33 PM
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#81
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Originally Posted by Locke
At this juncture a one-legged Hobo with jaundice, scurvy and a frying pan could likely outplay Mike Smith.
Percentages of Rittich are just gravy.
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Interesting choice to leave out Rickets.
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11-16-2018, 02:34 PM
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#82
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Gonna be tough to stab me from the sin bin!
What did you do?
What did you DO?!?!?
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Paint my chicken coop!
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11-16-2018, 02:35 PM
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#83
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The thing with Rittich is he hasn't really shown consistent progression.
2016/17 - very good first season in the AHL
2017/18 - awful AHL season. Looked promising as a backup for the Flames but failed when taking over as starter
2018/19 - looks great so far
This isn't like Kipper who was an AHL all-star for two seasons before struggling to make his mark in the NHL.
We obviously need to see how Rittich can handle an increased workload and who knows, maybe we catch lightning in a bottle. But on paper, this is not a guy who has progressed at every level and shown he is ready to be a starter. And I suspect that's part of the reason Smith has still been getting starter's minutes.
I don't know how Rittich looks in practice and I do think that's an understated part of the equation. I recall one Flame player after one of his wins comment on how good he is in practice.
As stated previously if we can get average goaltending then should be OK. Bu average is no gimme for anyone.
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Heres the crazy thing: At the moment we dont need that.
We dont need a superstar goalie. We really dont. It would be awesome and a game-changer, but its not what we're really after at the moment.
At the moment what we really need is an NHL-Average Goalie. Someone who posts .910 save percentage.
League worst right now (31st in the NHL) is .905
And Smith is well, well below that.
Rittich doesnt have to come in and be Kiprusoff, he just has to make the saves an NHL goaltender is expected to make.
Ie. Dont let muffins from the hashmarks go right through you like a colander that had non-consensual sex with a chainsaw.
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11-16-2018, 02:36 PM
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#84
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Join Date: Oct 2014
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Strange Brew
The thing with Rittich is he hasn't really shown consistent progression.
2016/17 - very good first season in the AHL
2017/18 - awful AHL season. Looked promising as a backup for the Flames but failed when taking over as starter
2018/19 - looks great so far
This isn't like Kipper who was an AHL all-star for two seasons before struggling to make his mark in the NHL.
We obviously need to see how Rittich can handle an increased workload and who knows, maybe we catch lightning in a bottle. But on paper, this is not a guy who has progressed at every level and shown he is ready to be a starter. And I suspect that's part of the reason Smith has still been getting starter's minutes.
I don't know how Rittich looks in practice and I do think that's an understated part of the equation. I recall one Flame player after one of his wins comment on how good he is in practice.
As stated previously if we can get average goaltending then should be OK. Bu average is no gimme for anyone.
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Last year the Flames were much worse in front of him though. Hanifin and the rookies are an upgrade, and Brodie is much better. The team D is better (Lindholm v. Ferland, the fourth line, etc). And I'm not seeing the mistakes he made even as a backup. He's taken a big step IMO (and I was always a GIllies leaner versus Rittich).
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11-16-2018, 02:38 PM
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#85
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Gonna be tough to stab me from the sin bin!
What did you do?
What did you DO?!?!?
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You missed my post... haha Late to the party will keep you guessing for weeks.
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11-16-2018, 02:39 PM
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#86
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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1 standard house cat >> Mike Smith
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11-16-2018, 02:51 PM
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#87
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#1 Goaltender
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Sign that cat ASAP
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11-16-2018, 02:55 PM
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#88
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Locke
Ie. Dont let muffins from the hashmarks go right through you like a colander that had non-consensual sex with a chainsaw.
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Go on...
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11-16-2018, 02:58 PM
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#89
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#1 Goaltender
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#notallchainsaws
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11-16-2018, 02:59 PM
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#90
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dammage79
1 standard house cat >> Mike Smith
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Put a bunch of cats into a Mike Smith shaped goalie uniform. And then smear all the pucks with fish.
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11-16-2018, 03:03 PM
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#91
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: The Armpit of BC: Trail
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazam
Go on...
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For science.
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11-16-2018, 03:11 PM
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#92
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Franchise Player
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Haha — I missed the early fireworks. I’m pretty sure James Neal would have “Nurse’d” Smith in the locker room had he gotten the start.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ---Hatrick---
Phewf!
Maybe Wills was just trolling CP
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More like Peters...
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11-16-2018, 03:21 PM
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#93
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Scoring Winger
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Thank you for adding that Rittich will start tomorrow in the title. That fact made reading the first few pages hilarious.
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11-16-2018, 03:25 PM
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#94
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The drama on this thread is unreal.
Glad to see some of the usual suspects in the sin bin, long overdue.
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11-16-2018, 03:28 PM
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#95
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quality trolling by Peters.
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11-16-2018, 03:35 PM
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#96
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Looooooooooooooch
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Just some Friday afternoon fun!
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11-16-2018, 03:46 PM
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#97
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boo Radley
Smith = Turek
Rittich = Kiprusoff
One can dream, right?
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Turek was much better than Smith.
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11-16-2018, 03:49 PM
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#98
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GioforPM
Last year the Flames were much worse in front of him though. Hanifin and the rookies are an upgrade, and Brodie is much better. The team D is better (Lindholm v. Ferland, the fourth line, etc). And I'm not seeing the mistakes he made even as a backup. He's taken a big step IMO (and I was always a GIllies leaner versus Rittich).
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Agree that was a bad team in front of him, or team playing poorly. But I don't like to give anyone a pass. His combined stats from AHL and NHL last year were not good enough.
He has looked very good in his games this year. No debating it.
I am just more in the camp of hoping he we will be an effective starter vs. expecting it.
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11-16-2018, 04:06 PM
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#99
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Toonage
Czarnik played in Lindholm's spot which usually is a sign that player (Czarnik) will sit.
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This seemingly gets forgotten in the whole Smith debacle..
It disappoints me but I can understand it to a certain extent.
He seems kinda like Cervenka in that I feel like he could really produce offensively at the NHL level but something is missing that the coach doesn't seem to like.
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11-16-2018, 04:18 PM
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#100
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Springbank
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SeanCharles
This seemingly gets forgotten in the whole Smith debacle..
It disappoints me but I can understand it to a certain extent.
He seems kinda like Cervenka in that I feel like he could really produce offensively at the NHL level but something is missing that the coach doesn't seem to like.
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Dube for Czarnik is a bit of an upgrade IMO. I still think Dube goes to the net better - Czarnik plays more of a perimeter game (given his size that's understandable). I think Dube may have an advantage defensively as well.
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