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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I am not sure how that is relevant. David Rittich would also not have anything close to his present record were he playing for one of the lowest scoring teams in the NHL. The fact is Mike Smith plays for a great team. He should win tonight because of it.
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I think the point is any almost any NHL goal tender would have a better record right now in Mike Smith's role.
Since last February he ranks 48th out of 50 goalies that have played more than 25 games...the two guys worse than him? A guy that was literally playing high on drugs and a rookie that may or may not have a career.
Smith isn't just a "whipping boy" "Flames fans so hard on goalies" he just isn't an NHLer anymore. Flames are taking a big risk every time he suits up...could really come back to bite them should the Flames not win the division and end up in a tough 2-3 match up in round one.