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Originally Posted by JayP
It was a ridulous play but it's hard to see why Smith is so caught off guard. It was unscreened and a pretty soft pass. He doesn't react late and goes out of his way to boot the rebound out - that's not something you do on a reaction save. It's not like it's unusual for Smith to try and do a little too much back there.
Frolik obviously shoulders the brunt of the blame for his play, but that was a strange, strange rebound for a good goaltender to be kicking out.
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Think he thought Brodie was going to reach out to play it on his backhand but Brodie kind of double clutches and pulls his stick back in. Causes Smith to react late.
In a perfect world he smothers that puck but that’s a play by Frolik that can’t happen ever let alone at that point in a game.