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Originally Posted by Textcritic
If the Flames enter the season with Smith, they should be poised to compete for a playoff spot. I don't see the problem here for the 2017–18 season.
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Fair enough. We shall see. I was excited by what other teams saw as exposable goalies. And realize that McPhee is drafting, not Tre.
I don't like Smith, but he can always go ahead and win me over.
I generally agree that good team can overcome average goaltending (hence cups for Crawford, for example). Smith is old and 5 years removed from anything notable.
Personally I would prefer to see something with longer term likelihood of being useful now and hope we don't hurt ourselves by burying the upcoming stable under stopgaps past their prime