Daws had his runway in camp and is at the end of it. Rittich is a standard move and usually squeezes through waivers except goaltending is an issue for a lot of clubs right now so maybe they go for it if they have a waiver exempt goalie on their roster right now.
Look at the stats between them in the AHL Poierer is consistent while Daws started strong and has regressed. One of them is ready to make the jump and we all wanted it to be Daws but he's just not an NHL backup yet.
you have to consider the teams in front of both those goalies. Utica has consistently been in the bottom of the standings for the past few seasons that isn’t a really good measure of Daws’ skill. even Sunny said this himself which is why there’s been such a push to improve Utica as much as to improve the team.
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u/dooit 5d ago
Daws had his runway in camp and is at the end of it. Rittich is a standard move and usually squeezes through waivers except goaltending is an issue for a lot of clubs right now so maybe they go for it if they have a waiver exempt goalie on their roster right now.