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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I hope to see Rittich get most of the starts to finish the season. I no longer see the point of playing Smith if he's not 100% and even if he is 100% he's been terrible and could probably use some time on the bench hopefully watching a Flames goaltender that's not giving up multiple soft goals on a nightly basis. For all flack Elliott took I don't recall him letting in nearly as many soft goals as Smith this season (that 5-hole goal last night was embarrassing as beer league goaltenders make that save 9/10 times). He's largely been pretty bad at home all season and that's just not going to cut it. With only one season left on Smith's contract this organization needs to start looking at working in replacements for him sooner than later. I personally don't care if he's a veteran player and the coach is too scared to bench him because there's a bigger picture here.
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This is 100% not true. Elliott let in a soft goal most games... Smith is having a bad few games coming back from injury... other than this stretch, he's been our MVP.