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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Jon Gillies has a 4.10 GAA and a 0.863 SP in 20 games this year, and you see him as a"logical" upgrade on Mike Smith? This idea is terrible.
Oh, the hyperbole. You talk like Brad Treliving should lose his job over this.
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Most people were ready to throw rittich away at the beginning of this year and thought he was gifted the backup position more than he earned it. I wont pretend like I expected him to be this good, I didn't. But there is the point. The flames saw something in him and put their trust in him that he would develop.
Obviously my post about gillies was hyperbole, I dont think he is any kind of solution. I was responding to your post where you said you didn't have any reason to think that there are any goalies ot there that would be an upgrade to Smith that wouldn't cost the flames to acquire.
He's on a top team and his play both on the stats sheet and the eye test tells he story that he has cost the team way more than he has helped them.
Below 60th in save percentage and you dont believe that a throwaway goalie would be an improvement...
The most dangerous part of Smith this year is that he has moments and games where he makes you want to think that he can do it, but he breaks too many hearts and is too old to put any more time and effort in. There is no happy ending for Smith here