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Originally Posted by Bingo
He's a middling goalie. They have good games and bad, great and terrible. They give up terrible goals some nights.
But I don't think the plan in acquiring Smith was to have a top five guy. It was a team with a great blueline that should play good team defence and have a guy making the saves behind that.
It hasn't happened that way.
The team needs to play better because I don't think they're going to find a better option mid season.
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I don't think anyone on here can accuse me of being a crazy optimist over the last decade.
Well, maybe I am crazy, but I think with the 18 skaters up front and the style of play this team is a Cup contender this year, especially as the younger d-men get more acclimated. I just don't see it happening with any combination of goalies in our system. So, for me the question is more acute - I think if we fail to improve in net, we waste a "Cup" year.