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Originally Posted by RedHawk12
There's nothing bad about Smith that hasn't been said so I'll approach it from another angle.
Smith has 12 wins for us this season. He's 12-9-1. He's now our backup, not starter. If our backup was Gilles or Parsons and they had a 12-9-1 record, I think we'd all be fairly happy.
Backups lose games, that's why they're backups. Anyone remember all of Kipper's backups? Every game they played i expected a loss. It was a pleasant surprise if they won one for us. I would have been ecstatic if McElhinney or McLennan or Toskala had a 12-9-1 record.
Smith is a backup now. Backups lose their fair share of games. We're playing on the second of a back-to-back against a very good Bruins team and almost won. I'm pretty happy with the effort. Hopefully Rittich comes back soon. All this crapping on Smith is nauseating. He sucks, accept it, move on.
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Backups lose a lot of games because they are playing the second of back-to-back or are the sacrificial lamb against a powerhouse. Smith has the worst save percentage in the league. He is not fit to be a backup.