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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
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.
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I wrote an article stating he isn't a good backup. But he is the backup they have, and no I don't think it's a given that the guy you brought in would be better at this point, or the 6 teams with worse backups would have already grabbed them.
He has to start when they deem him to start, he's been decent in 7 of those 11 games, and won 9 of them.