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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
As others have said, last night pretty much came down to goaltending.
Jake Allen was very good while Mike Smith belongs in the AHL. Can't fault Peters for trying to give Smith an easy assignment, but Christ.
All we can really do is hope that Rittich can carry the load until the deadline, and then pray that Treliving can find an NHL quality goalie to either back him up or go 1-1A with. Because Mike Smith is not going to help this team succeed.
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Does anyone really think Treliving has the stones to demote Smith? They have been handling him with kid gloves all season like they are almost afraid to hurt his feelings. It's kind of a bizarre situation really the way this organization walks around on egg shells handling Smith. I'm sure he's a prideful guy but his NHL career is coming to an end and it's never pretty when it happens to competitive guys like Smith. The sooner this organization gets the balls to deal with this situation the sooner this team can move forward as right now he's the big question mark holding this team back.