Is anyone going to argue if I were to suggest David Rittich has been Calgary’s best player through the first two months of the season? With December upon us, the Flames are barely a .500 team, but I shudder to think where they’d be without Rittich’s steady, and sometimes outstanding, goaltending. To this point, Rittich has shouldered the NHL’s heaviest workload, and dialing back on his duties won’t necessarily be easy.
A career pace
No goalie in the NHL has played more than Rittich through November and October. As such, Rittich has faced the most rubber of any goaltender.