Carty Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 12 minutes ago, DirtyDeeds said: and yet some still question whether Rittich is capable of being a starter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 38 minutes ago, Carty said: and yet some still question whether Rittich is capable of being a starter... Both being past goalies Carty, I've been raving on his fundies since streaming A games. His puck projectory, angles, protect the net are as good as anyone in the league, and he's humble, mellow, yet emotional. Ladies and gentleman, this is a really good Blockchaining goalie, is all that I have to say. Track down his goalie coach in the Czech, and hire him. The foundation is key imho, and Rittich's had it since he joined us. We're nothing without him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob74 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 16 hours ago, CheersMan said: Rittich SA% is 22nd best in the league, one position above Smith, and BP feels he needs to ride him 7 of 8 games? Common already lets get Talbot in there and see what he's got. Some pleased with the way Rittich has been stopping the puck but his puck handling skills is a train wreak and he still has some leaning to do. Talbot should get equal opportunity. he had like one really bad game and when they’ve only played this many games, a bad one is going to affect the numbers. while I do agree Talbot could and should be played. Rittich is playing like a possible #1. are you going to throw Price out after he let in 5 last week? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carty Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, conundrumed said: Both being past goalies Carty, I've been raving on his fundies since streaming A games. His puck projectory, angles, protect the net are as good as anyone in the league, and he's humble, mellow, yet emotional. Ladies and gentleman, this is a really good Blockchaining goalie, is all that I have to say. Track down his goalie coach in the Czech, and hire him. The foundation is key imho, and Rittich's had it since he joined us. We're nothing without him. Agreed... and since Rittich is 27, we could be looking forward to a future of solid goaltending for years to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob74 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 On 10/7/2019 at 9:57 AM, Carty said: I agree, it is rare for a goalie to be able to play 60+ games... Kipper was Kipper, and he was a rare breed of goalie... Rittich is Rittich, and no one knows what his ideal workload is yet... 55 - 60 games might be his limit, time will tell... But Rittich might be a workhorse in net by nature, and able to handle a heavier load... It is possible he could need it, and feed off it... He definitely has the potential... I don’t know BSD’s actual numbers after sitting out a game or two, but going from memory. game 1: looks like the best goalie in the league game 2: looks a starter but let’s in a goal game 3: Flames win but he looks good or average game 4: there are holes in his game. game 5: needs a rest my take is, play 3 then rest one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob74 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 If it were up to me I would go play three rest two, only to give the backup time to get a feel for their game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheersMan Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 12 minutes ago, robrob74 said: If it were up to me I would go play three rest two, only to give the backup time to get a feel for their game. That is my thinking as well or something along those lines. There is no iron-man or championship trophy given out in Oct. Lets get Talbot in there (other than back to backs) and feeling good about his game, maybe he is stellar. We need a healthy competition going on and I don't want to see Rittich playing 55-60 games either. I want both goalies fresh, healthy and on their game come playoffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 20, 2019 Report Share Posted October 20, 2019 46 minutes ago, CheersMan said: That is my thinking as well or something along those lines. There is no iron-man or championship trophy given out in Oct. Lets get Talbot in there (other than back to backs) and feeling good about his game, maybe he is stellar. We need a healthy competition going on and I don't want to see Rittich playing 55-60 games either. I want both goalies fresh, healthy and on their game come playoffs. Very few goalies played 50+ last year. This is about the now, not how many games he will play this season. The team is not firing on all cylinders eyt, so at least we need the starter giving the team a chance. It's not going to hurt him. In fact, it actually looks like t's helping him iron out some things he was not comfortable with. Talbot is going to play games. No worry there. They will give him s atring of games, assuming he is comfortable enough to get wins. He won't be getting 5 in a row, but 3 is reasonable. At the end of the day, the split will be something like 60% to 40%, which is about what you want to do. They need to get a read on Talbot to see when he is most effective. 2nd game of a B2B? Road versus home? High volume shots? Teams fast on the rush? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 Well our backup was amazing last night. Fun little jab at those that didn't want to give him a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 27 minutes ago, conundrumed said: Well our backup was amazing last night. Fun little jab at those that didn't want to give him a chance. Even with the unknown, I am still happier to have Talbot over Smith. I give the Smith meltdown to be the Minny game, assuming he gets the start. He usually does after a shutout. And he always loses after a shutout. Talbot's performance was the kind of game he had with the Oilers during their playoff year. We couldn't solve him then. Other than a perfect shot by Silferberg where he committed to the shooter, he was dialed in. The reflexes were excellent. The positioning and calmness were Rittich-esque. If the Flames feel comfortable in front of Rittich, they should be the same with Talbot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 That stop in the 3rd with time a-whittlin' down was jaw-dropping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 Talbot was so good I would give him next game. No loss of confidence in Rittich whatsoever I just 1- don't like treating him like a 60plus game starter, and 2- I think that's how good Talbot was last night. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 1 hour ago, cross16 said: Talbot was so good I would give him next game. No loss of confidence in Rittich whatsoever I just 1- don't like treating him like a 60plus game starter, and 2- I think that's how good Talbot was last night. He stole that win imho. He proved he deserves a chance. No qualms with Rittich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTech780 Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 I have found that Rittich plays his best hockey when he is pushing for a job, he is a battler and a competitor. Talbot giving him that competition can only be good for the team and both goalies. I look forward to seeing them push each other all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conundrumed Posted October 21, 2019 Report Share Posted October 21, 2019 Talbot proved he's an NHL goalie. He should keep on proving it. He has his skeptics Whatevs. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robrob74 Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 I like how Rittich was happy for him after the win too. It’s good to see and I think he has been in that role so much that I think splitting the games isn’t going to be a problem. Not like it was an undercurrent with Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 20 hours ago, JTech780 said: I have found that Rittich plays his best hockey when he is pushing for a job, he is a battler and a competitor. Talbot giving him that competition can only be good for the team and both goalies. I look forward to seeing them push each other all season. Rittich faced way too many shots over his starts. By the Kings game he was burned out. You need to manage shot counts as well as starts. I think a couple of steady games by Talbot will calm the masses and give the coach more confidence in him. Maybe he can start to look at how specific goalies and their strengths fared against specific teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carty Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 2 hours ago, travel_dude said: Rittich faced way too many shots over his starts. By the Kings game he was burned out. You need to manage shot counts as well as starts. I think a couple of steady games by Talbot will calm the masses and give the coach more confidence in him. Maybe he can start to look at how specific goalies and their strengths fared against specific teams. By all rights, the Flames should be in better shape for goaltending than we have seen for quite some time... Talbot has had a few good games (.931 SV% so far), and hopefully that continues... History shows that he has the potential to get the job done... But we also need to remember Rittich has done quite well considering he was in the net a lot of games when the Flames did not give their best effort... Here is some food for thought for those that have doubts about Rittich... Even this season, Rittich had some ugly stats in two games where the Flames were not playing their best hockey, but in 3 of the 5 he had a SV% of .944, .955, & .964 (in that order)... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel_dude Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 ^^^^ Yeah, where I was going with that was that Talbot played home to WASH last year and had 1 GA on 32 shots. He didn't fare as well in Washington 2 weeks later. Inn fact, he's beaten WAS 2/3 times at home and lost 2/2 times on the road. Rittich has never faced Washington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 No surprises here. Two good prospects, Flames actively trying to bury despite their responding to the new goalie coach. Questionable off-season signing getting all the minutes and struggling with the transition to NA, also good but not great where they came from. Tyler Parsons buried even...further? Hoping this keeps up and stays cut and dry enough that the Flames are forced into doing something sensible. If not...well...there's really good things happening in junior right now for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carty Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 52 minutes ago, travel_dude said: ^^^^ Yeah, where I was going with that was that Talbot played home to WASH last year and had 1 GA on 32 shots. He didn't fare as well in Washington 2 weeks later. Inn fact, he's beaten WAS 2/3 times at home and lost 2/2 times on the road. Rittich has never faced Washington. I was just making a comment about how the Flames goaltending should hopefully turn out this season... I think that we should be in pretty good shape... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 14 minutes ago, jjgallow said: No surprises here. Two good prospects, Flames actively trying to bury despite their responding to the new goalie coach. Questionable off-season signing getting all the minutes and struggling with the transition to NA, also good but not great where they came from. Tyler Parsons buried even...further? Hoping this keeps up and stays cut and dry enough that the Flames are forced into doing something sensible. Parsons is hurt. Gillies was hurt and returned only recently. also interesting you posted this now and not when Zagidulin was 2-0 with a 94% save % Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjgallow Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 18 minutes ago, cross16 said: Parsons is hurt. Gillies was hurt and returned only recently. also interesting you posted this now and not when Zagidulin was 2-0 with a 94% save % You're right, I should have posted earlier with even less data . totally explains why they've sat their youngest and best performing goalie last year (Schneider). It's simple math really, when your youngest player is also your best player it's Always best to bury them with older offshore signings that aren't half as good. It was just for fun I have my opinion and I've made it known on here. We're 7 games in to a 4-goalie circus, we know it doesn't mean much but when you have that many goalies it's hard not to look totally ridiculous, the only reason it's not catastrophic is because of those injuries. "It's early days...our 4-goalie system will look much better at the halfway mark" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross16 Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 Simple math sure. Even though Schneider is not their youngest goalie..... Just find it funny that Schendier is their best goalie prospect due to 12 games at the AHL level and we are going to ignore a much bigger sample size in the WHL/ECHL. But 5 games is enough to decide Zagidulin is not good and no better. A lot of goal post moving, but that's no surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carty Posted October 22, 2019 Report Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, jjgallow said: You're right, I should have posted earlier with even less data . Gillies and Schneider have only played one game apiece... You couldn't possibly have less data,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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