The biggest reason Smith was brought in was to reduce the hits on our defence. It was cited in an article where Treliving estimated exactly how.many fewer hits each d would take over the entirety of the season.
They have had time to work on this now and this isn't New.
There can't be an issue with Smith doing this .....he's been doing it a long time and is better at it than any goalie I have ever seen outside of Marty Brodeur and he had a few Stanley cups he was that good.
If Smith weren't a part of any conversation we'd be in dead last.
Yeah the goalies are different but I see the team as a whole playing better in front of Rittich than Smith for what that's worth.
I see them blocking shots , back checking harder and winning more puck battles when Rittich is playing .
Just glad we have 2 very good goalies and more in the pipeline waiting thier turn......this is a good thing.
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