While his contract has yet to be signed, we know David Rittich will make up half of Calgary’s goaltending tandem in 2019-20. What remains to be seen is who will share the Flames’ crease with him for the coming season. Rittich is the team’s best chance at a long-term number one since Miikka Kiprusoff, which is why he deserves a good chunk of starts for the coming year. As such, Calgary is likely in search of a crease-mate comfortable with a time share, and potentially playing second fiddle.
We went through this exercise recently on Sportsnet 960 and targeted a few solid, yet realistic, options.