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Originally Posted by robaur
I don't understand why people are hating on Smith so much.
27/30 - .900 sv%
sure you might complain that it's low...but 28/30 is .933 sv% and all of a sudden...now its pretty....
Goal 1 - yeah he should have saved it but no goalie is perfect
Goal 2 - it was a fluke goal that he had no chance of saving
Goal 3 - breakaway goal - you don't blame these goals on the goalie...it was the team's fault.
Carey Price has a 0.870 SV% in the preseason so far.
Sergei Bobrovsky has a 0.871 SV% in the preseason so far.
Tuukka Rask got blown out last night by Philly.
Cam Talbot got blown out by Carolina.
Braden Holtby just got blown out by New Jersey.
I think that makes my point. People need to relax. It's just preseason. Goalies need to get their timing back and face actual game action to get back into the groove. It takes time. Atleast both goals today were five-hole I believe.....that's just a timing issue.
On the positive side, Smith's glove hand looked really good and that was a major problem with Elliott last year. He had a brutal glove hand.
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He gave up four goals. That high stick goal would have counted had it been a regular season game. That said not going to rag on him seeing it's preseason but I would hope this habit of Flames goaltender letting in the first shot of the game is something these new guys can limit over the season as that's just not good enough.
Sounds like the team is going to face some tough practices over the coming days which is exactly what I think they need to be prepared for the opener. The country club preseasons clearly haven't worked for this group of players and even though the next game has no meaning on the regular season it would be nice to see some more jump and a higher overall effort level