There are goaltenders for teams that play certain styles. Mike Smith is a middling goaltender in a defense first system. In a system that gives up homeplate situations, he's horrible. Unless this team, one that was built to play a certain way, changes up that system completely, Smith will never be successful. The Flames need a goaltender who can make the big save, and Smith isn't that guy. The downward facing snow angel is not a good strategy to stopping shots in close.
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