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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
I really liked the effort from all tonight. Even smith, despite still being terrified whenever there’s a shot against he did actually make 2 very nice saves tonight that went beyond routine. I still don’t like his positioning or rebound control but he put in a quality start by his standards.
I’m not bashing him. Just saying we can’t be annoiting him as revived or anything. The yotes barely tested us all night.
Loved seeing Benny and Neal get on the board, and chuckle is playing great. A great night to rest the top line a little as they’ve been ridden pretty hard so far
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I do agree that we should be cautious in announcing Smith is back, however, I disagree when you say that Smith was barely tested all night.
In the first period, Smith made that incredible pose to pose save on the yotes first powerplay and that glove save from the high slot. In the second period the yotes IMO hemmed the flames in their own zone in the middle section peppering Smith with shots. If not for Smith, I could see the yotes scoring 3-4 goals.