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Old 12-19-2017, 02:02 PM   #33
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Smith is an aggressive goalie period. That has its upside and its downside. Love his competitiveness and desire, and he sometimes makes plays that other goalies wouldn't make that benefit the team. But as others have pointed out, a lot of his play of the puck is not necessary and doesn't benefit the team. I think goalie is a tough position to play if you're a very competitive guy like Smith. He's the antithesis of someone like Kipper who was so incredibly poised and never lost his composure. I see the stickhandling as another element of that. I think Smith just tries too hard sometimes but it's hard to take that away from him because it's part of what drives his success as a goalie.

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