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Originally Posted by Poe969
Smith can't be blamed but he can't get credit for stepping up for the team and that's what good goalies do. Every time a defender makes a mistake, it shouldn't lead to a goal. Good goalies find ways to cover up some gaffes by the defensemen, Smith just doesn't make those saves. On average shots he's ok, when someone makes a mistake and a shooter has a great chance it usually ends up being a goal. Successful teams have goalies who can steal games and that isn't Smith.
As for shutout, every once in a while a good player plays great...or an average player plays good.
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I don't necessarily agree. The Preds had another 2-on-1 soon after the Rinaldo goal and it looked like Smith made a nice save on the slapper. If the Flames win with Smith making no other saves after that moment, suddenly the narrative is that Smith made the big stop on that 2nd 2-on-1 when needed to keep the team within 1.
He made several big saves earlier in the game that allowed us to tie the game multiple times.
I'm not crazy about Smith as our number one either, but I find he also gets blamed more than he should. He's certainly not good enough for this team to do any damage.