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Originally Posted by transplant99
10-2 in his last 12 decisions.
Team has scored an average of 4.8 goals in each of those games.
2.6 goals of support are what he has need on average in those games.
This season they have needed an average of 3 goals a game support overall.
Mike Smith has been less than stellar this season at times, and everybody already knows that.
What he is doing as a backup with this club the last 2 months though? More than adequate.
The way way way over the top hatred directed at him is simply absurd.
If he can be upgraded on, then they should do so. They should do that with every single player on the roster though.
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I don't want to get in a long winded Smith debate but his .888 SV% ranks 49 out of 50 eligible NHL goaltenders. That's just a horrible, horrible stat for any goaltender that's played 20+ games. You just can't sugar coat it. He's not a very good NHL goaltender anymore. I don't care about his puck handling or the fact he may be a good guy as to me he deserves to be judged exclusively on his play and nothing more and IMO he's one of the worst goaltenders in the NHL.