Once the Flames officially shut Sean Monahan down for the season, they admitted defeat. Why should anything else change?
David Rittich is probably the only one who didn’t deserve this
Not every goal against was David Rittich’s fault. He was subjected to defensive breakdowns and bad bounces against: two things out of his control. And as apathetic as the rest of this season will be, the least the Flames could do would be to try to be fair to their rookie backup netminder who never asked for any of this.
Rittich has had a great season overall, especially when you consider his development curve.