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Originally Posted by New Era
The bottom line on Smith is he’s become a fundamentally poor goaltender. He sits too far back in his net and allows too much to happen around his crease. For a goaltender who is supposedly so strong with his stick in handling and moving the puck, he’s one of the worst goaltenders around in using his stick to make plays while he is in the crease. He is terrible with the poke check, can’t stop or interrupt puck movement across crease, and can’t keep the paddle square to the ice and protect his massive five hole. To make matters worse, he is not good with his gloves and struggles to catch or direct the puck with consistency. He’s a big goaltender who relied on his equipment to help him block the puck more so than make saves. The smaller equipment is likely bothering him and making the game tougher for him, because there are just way too many pucks going through him. You can throw all the advanced stats in the world around, but Smith just isn’t making saves, especially at important times during the game. Its time to move on. Because of his poor fundamentals he’s not even trustworthy as a backup.
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Many have identified this, why doesn't he work to fix it in practice?
This can't just be some kind of "universally accepted" flaw with the player, it's obviously fixable with some coaching and video review, no?