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Originally Posted by Bingo
Just kills me how mad people get at a reasoned Smith response. Did anyone call him a great goaltender, or that he should be the starter?
Chill people.
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He shouldn’t be in the NHL at all for God’s sakes. He is an active risk to cost this team valuable points every time he plays. He is old. He is done. He has shown this repeatedly. And for whatever reason there is a subsection of this forum lining up time and again to make excuses for him, point to his win/loss record like it means anything, and/or lecture other people to suck it up because he’s here no matter what.
I don’t profess to know who might be available, but I’d be willing to take a shot with just about any other goaltender with NHL experience playing backup for this team over Smith. Waive him. Bye Felicia. Problem solved.
Is there anyone, ANYONE, who would be okay watching Smith start even a single game in the playoffs? It’s an important part of this team desperately crying out for improvement. And it wouldn’t be hard to improve.