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Originally Posted by Bingo
I don't think many are doubting he's been bad.
The real question to me is does he stay bad? Get worse? Recover to his career averages? Recover to last season's start?
Just as he was likely to come off his hot start last year, I think it's reasonable to assume he'll regain some of his form. I am starting to wonder if that recovery isn't enough to be a starting goaltender any more.
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It stands to reason that he is probably not truly the historically bad puckstopper that he has been to date this season. With that said, at his age and with his history of injuries I don't know how anyone on the coaching staff or management could make the call to continue forward for everyone to find out the truth. We've seen this deflating, untimely goaltending song and dance time and time again in the last handful of years. The organization can't afford to be wrong again should Smith's career actually be toast. You simply cannot waste this year with how good the rest of the team is. Move on now with Rittich and _____ (hopefully a trade for a backup) and Smith will be a distant memory by the end of the season.