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GDT: A Tale of Two Goalies: Flam (14-9-1) vs Star (12-10-3)

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habs fan here- what's the deal with Rittich? Is he your typical hot start goalie du jour, or is he the real deal? Still young, and seems like he's done well every step of the way, but I'm curious if he's more a Halak type, or a bonafide future starter.
 
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InglewoodJack said:
habs fan here- what's the deal with Rittich? Is he your typical hot start goalie du jour, or is he the real deal? Still young, and seems like he's done well every step of the way, but I'm curious if he's more a Halak type, or a bonafide future starter.
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Jury is still out on what exactly he is. To be honest. I wouldn't be willing to make a call on what exactly David Rittich is today. So far, he's look great, and not aberration great (like posting these 40 shot against shutouts nightly).

I think he's an average goaltender, who is capable of being more if the stars align. People forget that this Flames team is stingy, and makes goalies lives fairly easy (outside of anomaly games). Smith essentially was giving games away (like that game in Calgary against Montreal). I think he could be something like Halak/Allen with this team in front of him, but I also think he could develop further and be a bonafide starter.
 
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InglewoodJack said:
habs fan here- what's the deal with Rittich? Is he your typical hot start goalie du jour, or is he the real deal? Still young, and seems like he's done well every step of the way, but I'm curious if he's more a Halak type, or a bonafide future starter.
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Active Goalies with 400+ career starts:

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Of the guys above him on that list in career regular season SV% only Crawford, Rinne, Lundqvist, and Luongo have taken a team deeper into the playoffs before.

So whatever a Halak type is, I sure hope Rittich is one.

Unless you mean "not arbitrarily annointed a starter" in which case I can't tell you because that would be outside of Rittich control.
 
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InglewoodJack said:
habs fan here- what's the deal with Rittich? Is he your typical hot start goalie du jour, or is he the real deal? Still young, and seems like he's done well every step of the way, but I'm curious if he's more a Halak type, or a bonafide future starter.
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I can only say that time will tell. I'll get back to you at the end of the season. Hopefully he's Kiprusoff mk.II.
The Flames have waited a long time for Kipper's replacement.
 
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I can only say that time will tell. I'll get back to you at the end of the season. Hopefully he's Kiprusoff mk.II.
The Flames have waited a long time for Kipper's replacement.
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Those guys don't grow on trees. Got to be a nightmare position to recruit as a GM.
 
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Looking at Dallas' player stats I didn't realize how crap they are. Outside Radulov they have no one producing at a good pace, both Seguin and Benn seem to be struggling (for them anyway). Aren't they supposed to be some offensive powerhouse?

Flames should dummy these clowns.

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I think Rittich is our future no. 1 , but at what point is the question. If the Flames continue to alternate between Smitty and Rittich, the work load will be pretty even and neither should be fatigued. By the end of the year we'll know if BSD is ready to take control.

Yes Neal is due. Lots of folks have been down on him because of the size of his pay cheque, but he's getting his chances. Same goes for Benny.
 
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I have a feeling James Neal is due for a good game.
What you guys think?
16 shots last 5 games no goals.
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It has to happen sometime. He gets loads of chances every game but just seems snakebitten.

If he's on your fantasy team and has been a disappointment, rest assured that outside of one or two members on this board, we all think he's looked fine but that the bounces just haven't been going his way.
 
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OvermanKingGainer said:
Active Goalies with 400+ career starts:

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Of the guys above him on that list in career regular season SV% only Crawford, Rinne, Lundqvist, and Luongo have taken a team deeper into the playoffs before.

So whatever a Halak type is, I sure hope Rittich is one.

Unless you mean "not arbitrarily annointed a starter" in which case I can't tell you because that would be outside of Rittich control.
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Not to sidetrack the thread, but I definitely think Halak has been sheltered in the sense that he's only played a couple seasons as a starter- I see he has among the fewest GS on that list- and this has been able to rely on another starter taking a lot of tough starts, giving him rest, and so on. That's not a knock on Halak- he's a very good, underrated goalie but I don't think he's a top 10 guy.

And yes, I mostly meant "not an every day starter" although I don't think that Halak isn't a starter for purely outside factors.
 
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Not to sidetrack the thread, but I definitely think Halak has been sheltered in the sense that he's only played a couple seasons as a starter- I see he has among the fewest GS on that list- and this has been able to rely on another starter taking a lot of tough starts, giving him rest, and so on. That's not a knock on Halak- he's a very good, underrated goalie but I don't think he's a top 10 guy.

And yes, I mostly meant "not an every day starter" although I don't think that Halak isn't a starter for purely outside factors.
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I expect Rittich to come down to earth, but every game he gets, he proves me wrong. FWIW, going into this year I figured Rittich had a 50/50 shot at being a 1B, or a solid backup behind a true #1 - along the lines of the Halak-type goalie you're talking about.
 
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Just watching TSN "Thats Hockey". Craig Button said he doesn't think that Mike Smith is capable of being a go to guy anymore but he can be the guy that supports David Rittich.
 
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Unusual to see a 7:00 pm start for tonight's Flames game as the Leafs are playing tonight too in Toronto. Glad to see it.
 
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Looks like the Stars PP hasn't been very effective since Klingburg got injured. 2 for 24 since the injury.
Khudobin stopped 30 of 31 shots last night. Might be a strong 3rd period for the Flames tonight with Khudobin back in the net. Lets fire a lot of rubber at him in the 1st and 2nd periods.
Dallas is averaging 2.72 goals per game.
Anton Khudobin's stats this season:
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