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Originally Posted by MacDaddy77
For the record I'm not calling him selfish outright. We'll never know but what I'm saying is ifhe felt and was aware of an injury he should have had a trainer look at it and be honest about it.
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For all we know Smith and the trainers talked about how he was feeling at the end of the first period, and both decided he was good to continue. We don't even know how he was hurt, nor how long he continued to play after sustaining an injury. And here we are with posters losing their minds over Mike Smith's selfishness. Good god.
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I have no idea if he was aware or not; or if even anything is wrong with him, but if he was aware then I do think it's selfish. Smith knows how well Rittich is playing and would be aware that him letting in 3-4 goals on 13 shots may take him out of the net for a while.
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How well has Rittich played? In his last five starts he has one win, a 0.895 SP, and a 3.06 GAA. In that same time Smith has won six games. This entire line of argument is utterly vapid.
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The potential is there that he hid an injury to try and play through it so he wouldn't lose the starters net he just got back. Your crazy if you think players dont think these things. and IF that is the case Selfish it is
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This is reactionary conspiracy nonsense. Moreover, Smith and Rittich have been splitting games for over a month now. NOBODY has the starters net to lose.