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Originally Posted by New Era
As Deluxe has pointed out, no, Smith is not adequate. His win-loss record is greatly helped by the fact that Flames have won 4-5 games with him in net because they pounded the opposition offensively. If he got Rittich level of offensive support in those games, the Flames have another 4-5 losses. I would say he is in the bottom third of backups in this league, and for a team like the Flames, that isn't adequate.
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Smith has won 3 games where he let in 4 or more. The other "poundings" he still had good save percentages, let in 3 or less, and faced a goodly amount of shots (25 or more).