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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
These are two different arguments.
I'm not happy with Smith as the backup but until he is replaced the Flames can't just run Rittich out there every game.
And I also have my doubts that they will replace Smith at the deadline.
Trying one of the AHL guys doesn't make any sense to me. Parsons hasn't played enough at the AHL level and Gillies has been awful.
I don't think there is an internal option here.
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You may be right that Gillies is not the answer but the point is that they need to try something because we have a very large sample size that says that Mike Smith absolutely is not the answer. The crux of the thread is whether Mike Smith is costing the team points and whether he needs to be replaced and in my opinion the answer is overwhelmingly obvious. If they aren’t ready to pull the trigger on a trade then I think they need to at least try one of the AHL guys. Mike Smith is likely untradable so they just need to bury in the minors at this point. Lot of people think that will hurt team chemistry, I’m not going to pretend I know whether it will or not, but if burying a terribly underperforming player is what is going to wreck this team mentally then they probably don’t have what it takes to win it all anyway.