Fantastic trade... Expiring goalie. added depth on defence andl a swap of underperforming scorers. And no picks given away in the process.

or...............just call up gillies

Yeah maybe give the kid some starts now see if he is over his head

Why even start Gillies? Rittich is playing really well. Rittich also played better than Gillies in the AHL over the past two seasons.

i said call up not start

Good idea but if you want to make the playoffs and smith is out long term you don't want to put that on a kid you could break him and hurt his progression. Same thing with Ritchie he isn't going to be able to handle a long starting role if smith is out.