When the puck drops for the 2020 playoffs, either David Rittich or Cam Talbot will be in net. When the puck drops for the following regular season (and beyond), the goaltending picture is a bit fuzzier.
What is the Flames’ goaltending succession plan?
Brad Treliving has been the Flames general manager since April 2014. In that time-span, he’s used 11 different NHL goaltenders – Brian Elliott, Chad Johnson, Karri Ramo, Mike Smith, Joni Ortio, Jon Gillies, Jonas Hiller, Niklas Backstrom, Eddie Lack, Rittich and Talbot. He’s also drafted, signed or otherwise acquired another eight goalies for their system: Mason McDonald, Brad Thiessen, Nick Schneider, Kevin Poulin, Tyler Parsons, Tom McCollum, Artyom Zagidulin and Dustin Wolf.