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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
Obviously I like Johnny, he's one of the key pieces moving forward and was definitely not one of the reasons we had a disappointing year.
He loves to score and get points, but I don't think he hates to lose. Part of that is on ice, part of that is off ice where I've seen him out dtown a lot when he really shouldn't be. I think he's the kind of player that could get three points in a loss and feel really good about the game. That's not really an indictment on the guy, not everyone is a "hate to lose guy". You can still have really important players that aren't that person. But Gaudreau just isn't, same with Monahan.
Smith Gio and Tkachuk are those guys for us.
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How does anyone here really know how much someone actually hates to lose. Total speculation. Also, if Smith hated to lose so much, then why is he 1-5 since coming back from an injury with a 3.79 GAA and a .861 save%? Hating to lose doesn't automatically mean you have what it takes to win in the most crucial times.
He wasn't good enough since coming back from injury and he hasn't been good enough since the mandated 5 day break. Wherever Mike Smith went on vacation, he left his game there too.