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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
Last season Smid was 3rd among all defensemen in hits and 6th in blocked shots. Those are pretty impressive stats for a bottom pairing guy.
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Those are also stats that speak to playing a lot and don't necessarily speak to his ability to play top 4 minutes against good teams in the NHL.
Better to have more hits and blocked shots than not but they don't really say much about the ability to play top 4 minutes.