The Flames haven’t been that sloppy defensively in months. This is the typical (and understandable) confirmation bias at play, which in fairness both goalies have earned. If Rittich let in the exact same goals, the narrative in here would be the team D let him down, with Smith in net, it becomes he was bad again.
I actually thought Smith made some big saves last night and every goal tgat went it was due to sloppy D. I think you can debated the short side goal in the second, but again if the microscope wasn’t already on Smith we’d likely shrug it off. I think he’s quietly getting his game back together and is starting to look like a decent back up option for this year.
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