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Originally Posted by ricardodw
It's only 2 games... but pretty sure that they would be getting more ice time play a bigger role on other teams.
Mike Smith's .810 sv % is worrisome. If there was a legit 1A Smith would be on a shorter leash.
Hard not to see a trade of a forward for a goalie that would be good for the team.
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It's been two odd games though.
So I hear anyone concerned because a goalie has to stop 75% of the high danger shots, not just let them all in. And that's valid.
But the eight goals have all been somewhat 10 bells in my mind.
Last year when you look at the goalies that had 1200 minutes it was the opposite, Smith was well down the list on the easy ones (LD), ranked 40th of 46 at .967.
In medium danger he was 5th (.941)
In high danger he was 31st (.789)
so far this year Smith is ...
100% on easy shots through two games
87.5% on medium shots (way down from last year)
63.6% on high danger shots through, which again is a tire fire.
So the numbers support the eye test. He's facing too high a quality shot, and he's not stopping enough of them. But he's certainly not giving up shots from center ice.
The stat that is the most important to understand though is expected save percentage, a value that weights the shots he's facing by what he should be doing. It's only .900, which is 4th lowest of the goalies that have played thus far this season.
The Flames aren't giving up many shots, but the degree of difficulty in what they're giving up is off the charts.
And this certainly doesn't excuse the fact that Smith is well under the .900 to this point and doing his part too.