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I guess what I would say is that Smith's puck handling edges towards redundant on a team with Brodie, Giordano, Kulak, Hamilton. If we had a team with worse escapability it might help, but IMO our D are so good at rolling behind the net and wheeling out of danger, that Smith giving them passes in the corners while they are stationary appears more deteimental than people are admitting.

Overall though I think puck handlig is a useful skill and it's no surprise Holtby, Rinne, Price, Bishop are top goalies come playoff time. I would be inclined to tweak the balance to get the defensemen more involved. Our blue line needs to be the strength of this team if we want to go anywhere, right now they are taking back seat to the forwards and goaltender which is ass-backwards.