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Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL
Of course not, but in Talbot's 3 games, the Flames had an xGA of 8.11
Talbot only let in 4 goals
In Rittich's last 3 games, the Flames had an xGA of 9.95
Rittich let in 10
Easy to see who's had the better stretch. That's also excluding Rittich's long bad stretch even before then and the fact Talbot has better numbers across the board for the season
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I'm under no illusion that Rittich is playing his best hockey. But he's been our starter all year and you have to let him play against top teams and fight through his slumps. Numbers never tell the whole story, plenty of backups post better numbers than starters.
A 1A / 1B situation is almost never in any team's best interest. We're just too used to it here in Calgary because sigalet is obsessed with goalie controversies (and teaching them to lunge, and generally useless for six years now)
