I have mixed feelings about commenting on Sigalet because I admit I am no goalie expert. But I feel that I see one thing continually, with all of the goalies over the last few years, that really bothers me. And I believe that it causes poor results.
And that is the tendency of all Flames goalies to stay back in their crease, and go down on their knees, when there are shots from the point or through traffic. And it seems to me that the goalies look very small when they do this.
While I thought Smith had a pretty good bounce-back game against the Caps, there was the one shot from the point where it was debated whether or not he was screened. I'll ignore that debate, but what I saw was that there was an awful lot of open net, and the puck had no trouble finding it. Which seems to happen a LOT.
Smith is huge. IMO, a large part of NHL goaltending is positioning. And a guy the size of Smith should be able to cover a lot of the net, especially if he comes out a bit and cuts off the angle.
But somehow he is managing to look small in the net. I don't know... frustrating.
Though I am all for better defensive coverage as well.
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